Queens · No. 822 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Queens #822 Answer (Jul 31, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C6, R2C9, R3C5, R4C7, R5C1, R6C3, R7C8, R8C4, R9C2
About Queens #822
- Queens #822 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 18.
- 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 8.4 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The 3-square region in row 9 lies entirely in that row, so row 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 9 is ruled out, including R9C4.
- Every open square left in the 8-square region containing R9C4 sits in column 4, so column 4's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 4 is ruled out, including R1C4.
- The 3-square region in rows 6–8 lies entirely in column 3, so column 3's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 3 is ruled out, including R1C3.