Queens · No. 819 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Queens #819 Answer (Jul 28, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C1, R2C3, R3C6, R4C4, R5C7, R6C5, R7C8, R8C2
About Queens #819
- Queens #819 is played on an 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 14.
- 2 regions lie entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 8 regions, fewer than the average of 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only single-square region is just R1C1, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 1, column 1 and every square touching R1C1.
- The only 2-square region lies entirely in row 5, so row 5's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 5 is ruled out, including R5C2.
- The 10-square region containing R1C2 and the only 2-square region only have open squares in rows 5 and 8, so they take both queens of those rows and every other square there is ruled out, such as R8C3.