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Full breakdown using the Strategy coach format — checkpoint hops, corridor notes, wall map, and strategy notes.
Overview
LinkedIn Zip #483 is the LinkedIn Zip daily for July 13, 2026. Zip is LinkedIn's path puzzle: draw one continuous route through a 7×7 grid, visit every cell exactly once, hit 6 numbered checkpoints in order, and navigate around 20 walls. This page includes the live board, a solved-board view, and a step-by-step Solution walkthrough. Difficulty: Easy. Estimated solve time: 3–5 min.
Answer
This 7×7 Zip route visits all 49 cells once, hits 6 checkpoints in order, and respects 20 walls:
1→2 (9 cells, R5C1→R1C1); 2→3 (9 cells, R1C1→R3C7); 3→4 (5 cells, R3C7→R7C7); 4→5 (9 cells, R7C7→R6C2); 5→6 (21 cells, R6C2→R2C6)
Many blocked edges narrow your options early — map wall bottlenecks before tracing toward the next numbered checkpoint.
Analysis
Teaching LinkedIn Zip #483: students sketch one checkpoint hop at a time on this 7×7 board. 6 checkpoints, 20 walls. Walk the 5 segments before drawing the full line.
Board spotlight: Many blocked edges narrow your options early — map wall bottlenecks before tracing toward the next numbered checkpoint. Wall count 20 on 7×7 shapes which corridors stay open between numbered cells.
Lesson hop 1: show why the path must pass through R1C1 before checkpoint 2. 9 cells link checkpoint 1 at R5C1 to checkpoint 2 at R1C1 with open corridors (no walls on this segment).
Lesson hop 2: show why the path must pass through R3C7 before checkpoint 3. 9 cells link checkpoint 2 at R1C1 to checkpoint 3 at R3C7 with open corridors (no walls on this segment).
Lesson hop 3: show why the path must pass through R7C7 before checkpoint 4. 5 cells link checkpoint 3 at R3C7 to checkpoint 4 at R7C7 with open corridors (no walls on this segment).
Lesson hop 4: show why the path must pass through R6C2 before checkpoint 5. 9 cells link checkpoint 4 at R7C7 to checkpoint 5 at R6C2 with open corridors (no walls on this segment).
Lesson hop 5: show why the path must pass through R2C6 before checkpoint 6. Long 21-cell sweep (43% of the board) from checkpoint 5 to 6 — most of the Hamiltonian path lives in this detour.
Recap: 6 checkpoints, 5 teachable hops, one continuous route. Replay using checkpoint-first planning.
Checkpoint hops
Corridor insight
9 cells link checkpoint 1 at R5C1 to checkpoint 2 at R1C1 with open corridors (no walls on this segment).
Solving note
Opening route: Ask which walls block a shorter line to checkpoint 2.
Corridor insight
9 cells link checkpoint 2 at R1C1 to checkpoint 3 at R3C7 with open corridors (no walls on this segment).
Solving note
Mid-board sweep: Ask which walls block a shorter line to checkpoint 3.
Corridor insight
5 cells link checkpoint 3 at R3C7 to checkpoint 4 at R7C7 with open corridors (no walls on this segment).
Solving note
Wall dodge: Ask which walls block a shorter line to checkpoint 4.
Corridor insight
9 cells link checkpoint 4 at R7C7 to checkpoint 5 at R6C2 with open corridors (no walls on this segment).
Solving note
Checkpoint bridge: Ask which walls block a shorter line to checkpoint 5.
Corridor insight
Long 21-cell sweep (43% of the board) from checkpoint 5 to 6 — most of the Hamiltonian path lives in this detour.
Solving note
Late corridor: Ask which walls block a shorter line to checkpoint 6.
Verification
Teach verification by checkpoint hops: after segment 5, every cell is visited once, walls intact, final cell holds checkpoint 6.
Solve path
Phase 1: Start at checkpoint 1 (R5C1) on this 7×7 grid with 6 checkpoints and 20 walls. Segment 1: Visit checkpoint 2 at R1C1 via 9 cells from checkpoint 1. 9 cells link checkpoint 1 at R5C1 to checkpoint 2 at R1C1 with open corridors (no walls on this segment). Segment 2: Visit checkpoint 3 at R3C7 via 9 cells from checkpoint 2. 9 cells link checkpoint 2 at R1C1 to checkpoint 3 at R3C7 with open corridors (no walls on this segment). Segment 3: Visit checkpoint 4 at R7C7 via 5 cells from checkpoint 3. 5 cells link checkpoint 3 at R3C7 to checkpoint 4 at R7C7 with open corridors (no walls on this segment). Segment 4: Visit checkpoint 5 at R6C2 via 9 cells from checkpoint 4. 9 cells link checkpoint 4 at R7C7 to checkpoint 5 at R6C2 with open corridors (no walls on this segment). Segment 5: Visit checkpoint 6 at R2C6 via 21 cells from checkpoint 5. Long 21-cell sweep (43% of the board) from checkpoint 5 to 6 — most of the Hamiltonian path lives in this detour. Complete: Hamiltonian path covers all 49 cells, checkpoints 1–6 in order, ending on checkpoint 6 at R2C6.
Pattern
Many blocked edges narrow your options early — map wall bottlenecks before tracing toward the next numbered checkpoint.
Learn more in Zip Puzzle Strategies →Takeaways
Draw to the next checkpoint, pause, scan untouched cells — never sketch the full path on turn one.
20 blocked edges — walk each hop and confirm no segment crosses a wall bar.
Path must finish on checkpoint 6 with zero empty cells — verify after the final hop.
Solution
This 7×7 board has 6 checkpoints (1@R5C1, 2@R1C1, 3@R3C7, 4@R7C7, 5@R6C2, 6@R2C6) and 20 walls. The solution path covers 49 cells in 5 checkpoint hops: 1→2 (9 cells, R5C1→R1C1); 2→3 (9 cells, R1C1→R3C7); 3→4 (5 cells, R3C7→R7C7); 4→5 (9 cells, R7C7→R6C2); 5→6 (21 cells, R6C2→R2C6). Many blocked edges narrow your options early — map wall bottlenecks before tracing toward the next numbered checkpoint. Use the Solution tab for a checkpoint-segment reveal with live board updates, or the Solved board tab for the complete path at a glance.