Queens · No. 824 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Queens #824 Answer (Aug 2, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C1, R2C7, R3C3, R4C5, R5C8, R6C2, R7C4, R8C6, R9C9
About Queens #824
- Queens #824 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 5 squares and the largest covers 30.
- 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 8.4 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- Every open square in row 9 belongs to the only 30-square region, so that region's queen sits in row 9 and its squares outside row 9 are ruled out, such as R1C9.
- Every open square in column 9 belongs to the 30-square region containing R1C9, so that region's queen sits in column 9 and its squares outside column 9 are ruled out, such as R9C1.
- Every open square in column 1 belongs to the 5-square region in rows 1–2, so that region's queen sits in column 1 and its squares outside column 1 are ruled out, such as R1C2.