LinkedIn Zip invite
What is a Zip invite on LinkedIn?
A Zip invite on LinkedIn is a challenge to play today's Zip, delivered as the notification "You've got an invite", usually right after a connection solved it. It is not a separate game or a paid feature, and nothing is required of you: it opens the same free puzzle every player gets (how to play Zip), so you can compare times, and it lasts until midnight Pacific Time, when a new Zip arrives.
Zip invite meaning: what each message says
The words LinkedIn uses vary. Each of these is the same daily challenge.
"You've got an invite"
Whether it reads "You've got an invite" or just "you got an invite", a connection sent you today's Zip as a challenge, usually after solving it. Open it to play the same puzzle.
"You've been invited to play Zip"
The same invite in other words: someone you are connected with wants you to play today's board.
"[Name] finished Zip"
A connection solved today's Zip. Their time is on the board, and the invite asks you to beat it.
"Teammates have a Zip invite waiting for you"
People from your workplace on LinkedIn played today's Zip and are inviting you to join them.
Do people invite you to play Zip on LinkedIn?
Often, yes: a Zip invite can come from a connection who played today's Zip and shared it from the result screen, and teammates can send one too, which LinkedIn reports as a Zip invite waiting for you. But not always: LinkedIn also sends invites in a player's name when they play. Nothing happens if you do not play.
Did they really invite me?
Not always. LinkedIn sends game invites and notices such as "[Name] invited you to play Zip" on its own when a connection plays, so the person may never have chosen to send it. Players have found their coworkers getting invites they did not send. LinkedIn treats it as part of its game notifications, and two settings stop it.
How to stop game invites and notifications
So no invites go out in your name:
- Open a LinkedIn game, such as Zip.
- Go to its Settings.
- Select "Who can see your gaming activity?" and choose "Only me".
So you get no game notifications:
- Go to Me, then Settings & Privacy.
- Select Notifications, then Games.
- Turn "Allow gameplay notifications" off.
These are the steps LinkedIn's help team gives; LinkedIn may move them.
How a Zip invitation works
A connection solves it
They finish today's Zip, and LinkedIn shows their time.
They send it to you
From the result screen, they share the puzzle with you as a challenge.
You open the same Zip
The invite opens today's puzzle, the one every player gets. Play it as usual.
You compare times
When you finish, you see who was faster, and you can pass it on yourself.
What is Zip on LinkedIn?
One of LinkedIn's free daily puzzles: draw one path through every cell of a small grid, visiting the numbers in order, without crossing a wall. Everyone gets the same board each day: what Zip is on LinkedIn, and how to play it.
Is it safe?
An invite is LinkedIn's own feature. If a message looks odd, check that it comes from someone you know and that it opens linkedin.com/games. A Zip invite never asks for a payment or a password.
When it runs out
The invitation is for one day's puzzle. At midnight Pacific Time that puzzle stops being playable and a new Zip replaces it (when do LinkedIn games reset).
Can you invite someone to play Zip?
Yes. Solve the board and LinkedIn shows your time, with a share button that sends the same Zip to a connection as a challenge to beat it: what that message means. Other games have invites too: Wend invite, Queens invite, Patches invite, Pinpoint invite, Crossclimb invite, Tango invite and Mini Sudoku invite.