How to Play Zip Puzzle: A Complete Zip Game Guide

What is Zip?

Connect the numbers in order, fill the grid. Zip Puzzle is a free online Zip game — a LinkedIn Zip-style one-line number-connecting puzzle where you connect the dots from 1 to the end: each board has numbered anchors and a grid of empty cells. Your job is to draw a single continuous path that starts at 1, runs through every number in order, and fills every cell on the board — without crossing a wall or stepping on the same cell twice. Easy to grasp, but the twists and turns will challenge even the sharpest minds. Every puzzle is carefully designed to be fair, fun, and solvable — no random generation.

• • One path, no breaks — every cell is visited exactly once.
• • Follow the numbers in order, from the first anchor to the last.
• • Walls block the path; you must route around them.
• • A refined, minimal interface built for focus — every session feels like a zen moment.
• • The Zip Puzzle app adds six difficulty levels from Mini (4×4) to Expert (8×8), with a fresh daily challenge that escalates through the week.

How to play

Drag from one cell to the next to draw your path, or tap cells in sequence. Tracing back over your path undoes the last move.

• • Start at 1：Begin on the anchor marked 1. This is always where your single path starts.
• • Connect in order：Extend the path cell by cell to reach 2, then 3, and so on — always to the next number in sequence.
• • Never cross walls：The path moves between neighbouring cells only. Walls between cells cannot be crossed, so plan your route around them.
• • Fill the whole board：You win when the path reaches the highest number and every single cell has been used exactly once.
• • Move only up, down, left or right — never diagonally.
• • Each cell can be used once; no cell is left empty.
• • Numbered anchors must be reached strictly in ascending order.
• • Cells in a corner or against a wall usually have only one way through — solve those first.
• • If a cell would become a dead end you can't escape, your path took a wrong turn earlier.
• • Work backwards from the final number when the start feels stuck.

Frequently asked questions

• • What is the goal of Zip? Draw one continuous path that connects the numbers in order, from 1 to the largest, while filling every cell on the board exactly once and never crossing a wall.
• • Is there a new puzzle every day? Yes. A fresh daily Zip puzzle is generated each day, so everyone solves the same board on the same date. Come back tomorrow for a new one.
• • How hard is Zip? Today's daily board on the web is tuned to a medium 6×6 difficulty — approachable for newcomers but still a proper thinking puzzle. The Zip Puzzle app offers six difficulty levels, from Mini (4×4) and Starter (5×5) up to Hard (7×7) and Expert (8×8).
• • Can I undo a move? Yes. Trace back along the path you've already drawn to remove the most recent steps, then continue from there.
• • Does Zip track my progress and achievements? On the web, your daily streak is saved locally on your device. The Zip Puzzle app goes further with dozens of achievements and detailed charts showing your streaks, active days, and difficulty breakdown.
• • Can I play Zip offline? The web version needs a connection to load each day's puzzle. In the Zip Puzzle app, every puzzle is stored locally, so you can play offline anytime.
• • What's the difference between the web and the app? The web is free and great for the daily puzzle, archive, and answer guides. The Zip Puzzle app adds six difficulty levels, hundreds of hand-designed puzzles, offline play, achievements, and progress charts — with an optional premium for unlimited hints and an ad-free experience.
• • Is there a Zip game unlimited mode? A Zip game unlimited mode is coming soon — it will let you play endless Zip puzzles back to back with no daily limit. For now, you can play a free new puzzle every day on the web plus the full archive of past boards, and the Zip Puzzle app already offers hundreds of hand-designed puzzles to keep solving.
• • Is PuzzleZone's Zip an official LinkedIn Zip spin-off? No. PuzzleZone is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to LinkedIn. We built PuzzleZone Zip out of a love for this style of one-line logic puzzle, as a tribute to the original. If you're looking for a free LinkedIn Zip alternative — a game like LinkedIn Zip you can play in your browser with no login — PuzzleZone Zip is it. All trademarks and brands belong to their respective owners.