LinkedIn Zip #581 Answer (October 19, 2026)

6×6 grid · 8 numbers · Oct 19, 2026

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Hints and the full solution for the LinkedIn Zip puzzle of October 19, 2026.

Zip #581, redrawn. Draw one line through every cell, passing 1, 2, 3 … in order. Thick lines are walls.

Hints for Zip #581

CheckCheck the path you have so far

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Hint 1Forced moves

Some cells have only two ways in or out, so the path has to use both. These 6 links are certain before you draw anything:

Hint 2The first stretch

Start on 1. From 1 to 2: down 5.

Hint 3Halfway

Here is the path from 1 up to 4, about half of the board. The rest has to sweep the cells that are still empty.

Zip #581 answer

Show the full solution

The complete path, number by number:

1 → 2: down 5
2 → 3: right 5
3 → 4: up 5
4 → 5: left 4, down 4
5 → 6: right 3, up 3
6 → 7: left 2, down 2
7 → 8: right 1, up 1

✓ Checked Oct 19, 12:01 AM Pacific: our solver worked out this path on its own and confirmed it is the only one. How we check

How to solve Zip #581, step by step

Our solver walks the answer from 1 and, at every turn, checks why the other ways fail. The darker line is the stretch each step adds; dashed circles mark where there was a real choice.

Show all 7 stretches (this gives the answer away)

From 1 to 2: down 5. The real choice is at row 1, column 1: going right looks open, but every way on from there gets stuck before the board is full (a dead end, a cut-off area or a number out of order), so the line goes down. 3 more choices like that follow in this stretch.
From 2 to 3: right 5. The real choice is at row 6, column 3: going up looks open, but every way on from there gets stuck before the board is full (a dead end, a cut-off area or a number out of order), so the line goes right. 1 more choice like that follows in this stretch.
From 3 to 4: up 5. The real choice is at row 5, column 6: going left looks open, but every way on from there gets stuck before the board is full (a dead end, a cut-off area or a number out of order), so the line goes up. 2 more choices like that follow in this stretch.
From 4 to 5: left 4, down 4. The real choice is at row 1, column 4: going down looks open, but every way on from there gets stuck before the board is full (a dead end, a cut-off area or a number out of order), so the line goes left. 2 more choices like that follow in this stretch.
From 5 to 6: right 3, up 3. The real choice is at row 4, column 5: going left looks open, but every way on from there gets stuck before the board is full (a dead end, a cut-off area or a number out of order), so the line goes up.
From 6 to 7: left 2, down 2. Every move here is forced. At row 2, column 4, for example, going down fails: it would reach 8 before 7.
From 7 to 8: right, up. There is only one way through: every other move is blocked by a wall, the edge or the line itself.

Inside Zip #581

What our solver found when it checked this puzzle.

No walls. The numbers and the edges of the board are enough to fix the path.
Spare numbers. You could remove the 2 or 3 (any one of them) and the path would still be the only one. The 4, 5, 6 and 7 are essential.
Longest stretch. 4 → 5 takes 8 moves.