Queens · No. 821 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Queens #821 Answer (Jul 30, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C1, R2C8, R3C6, R4C3, R5C5, R6C7, R7C2, R8C9, R9C4
About Queens #821
- Queens #821 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 52.
- 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 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- Columns 1 and 2 only offer squares from the 3-square region in rows 1–2 and the only 52-square region, so those regions spend both queens there and their squares elsewhere are ruled out, such as R1C3.
- Every open square in column 3 belongs to the 3-square region in rows 3–4, so that region's queen sits in column 3 and its squares outside column 3 are ruled out, such as R3C4.
- Every open square in column 9 belongs to the 3-square region in rows 7–8, so that region's queen sits in column 9 and its squares outside column 9 are ruled out, such as R7C8.