Queens · No. 817 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Queens #817 Answer (Jul 26, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C3, R2C5, R3C1, R4C6, R5C8, R6C2, R7C7, R8C9, R9C4
About Queens #817
- Queens #817 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 21.
- 2 regions lie entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 9 regions, more than the average of 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only single-square region is just R7C7, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 7, column 7 and every square touching R7C7.
- Every open square left in the 5-square region containing R9C7 sits in row 9, so row 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 9 is ruled out, including R9C1.
- Every open square left in the 5-square region containing R7C9 sits in column 9, so column 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 9 is ruled out, including R1C9.