Queens · No. 816 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Queens #816 Answer (Jul 25, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C5, R2C2, R3C4, R4C7, R5C3, R6C8, R7C1, R8C9, R9C6
About Queens #816
- Queens #816 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 25.
- No region fits inside a single row or column, so the first placements come from region shapes.
- It has 9 regions, more than the average of 8.2 across the previous 6 puzzles.
- The only 3-square region and the 5-square region in rows 1–2 only have open squares in rows 1 and 2, so they take both queens of those rows and every other square there is ruled out, such as R1C6.
- The only 4-square region and the only 3-square region only have open squares in columns 1 and 2, so they take both queens of those columns and every other square there is ruled out, such as R1C2.
- Every open square left in the 7-square region containing R3C1 sits in row 3, so row 3's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 3 is ruled out, including R3C5.