LinkedIn Zip #587 answer — October 25, 2026
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Hints get stronger as you go. The answer is always the last step — nothing is revealed until you tap.
1A first footholdShow hint
2Halfway thereShow hint
3Solve it step by stepShow hint
Each step takes you from one number to the next, with rows counted from the top and columns from the left. “3 down, 2 left” means three cells down, then two cells to the left.
- From 1 (row 4, column 2): 1 left, 3 up, 1 right, 1 down to reach 2 in row 2, column 2.
- No choice at row 3, column 1: the edge and a wall leave it only two open neighbors (row 4, column 1 and row 2, column 1), so the path must enter through one and leave through the other.
- From 2 (row 2, column 2): 1 down, 1 right, 1 down, 1 right, 1 down to reach 3 in row 5, column 4.
- From 3 (row 5, column 4): 3 left, 2 down, 3 right to reach 4 in row 7, column 4.
- Another cell hemmed in by the edge and a wall at row 6, column 1: again the path must link it to both of its open neighbors (row 5, column 1 and row 7, column 1).
- From 4 (row 7, column 4): 3 right, 3 up, 1 left to reach 5 in row 4, column 6.
- No choice at row 7, column 7: as a corner, it has only two neighbors (row 7, column 6 and row 6, column 7), so the path must enter through one and leave through the other.
- From 5 (row 4, column 6): 1 up, 1 right, 2 up, 1 left, 1 down to reach 6 in row 2, column 6.
- Another cell hemmed in by the edge and a wall at row 2, column 7: again the path must link it to both of its open neighbors (row 3, column 7 and row 1, column 7).
- From 6 (row 2, column 6): 1 left, 1 up, 1 left to reach 7 in row 1, column 4.
- Another cell hemmed in by the edge and a wall at row 1, column 4: again the path must link it to both of its open neighbors (row 1, column 5 and row 1, column 3).
- From 7 (row 1, column 4): 1 left, 1 down, 1 right, 1 down to reach 8 in row 3, column 4.
- From 8 (row 3, column 4): 1 right, 2 down, 1 right, 1 down to reach 9 in row 6, column 6.
- From 9 (row 6, column 6): 4 left to reach 10 in row 6, column 2, where the path ends.
4Zip #587 solutionShow answer
Path from 1 to the end: (4,2) → (4,1) → (3,1) → (2,1) → (1,1) → (1,2) → (2,2) → (3,2) → (3,3) → (4,3) → (4,4) → (5,4) → (5,3) → (5,2) → (5,1) → (6,1) → (7,1) → (7,2) → (7,3) → (7,4) → (7,5) → (7,6) → (7,7) → (6,7) → (5,7) → (4,7) → (4,6) → (3,6) → (3,7) → (2,7) → (1,7) → (1,6) → (2,6) → (2,5) → (1,5) → (1,4) → (1,3) → (2,3) → (2,4) → (3,4) → (3,5) → (4,5) → (5,5) → (5,6) → (6,6) → (6,5) → (6,4) → (6,3) → (6,2)
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How to play Zip
- Start on the cell marked 1.
- Visit the numbered cells in order — 1, 2, 3 … up to the last number, where the path ends.
- Move up, down, left or right; never diagonally, and never through a wall.
- Fill every cell of the grid exactly once.