Queens · No. 825 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Queens #825 Answer (Aug 3, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C6, R2C3, R3C1, R4C4, R5C7, R6C5, R7C2
About Queens #825
- Queens #825 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 14.
- 1 region lies entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 7 regions, fewer than the average of 8.4 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only single-square region is just R4C4, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 4, column 4 and every square touching R4C4.
- The only 6-square region and the 3-square region in rows 6–7 only have open squares in columns 1 and 2, so they take both queens of those columns and every other square there is ruled out, such as R5C1.
- The 3-square region in rows 1–2 and the 14-square region containing R2C4 only have open squares in columns 6 and 7, so they take both queens of those columns and every other square there is ruled out, such as R2C6.