Queens · No. 826 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Queens #826 Answer (Aug 4, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C2, R2C5, R3C3, R4C1, R5C6, R6C4, R7C7
About Queens #826
- Queens #826 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 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 7 regions, fewer than the average of 8.4 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only single-square region is just R3C3, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 3, column 3 and every square touching R3C3.
- The 3-square region in row 5 lies entirely in that row, so row 5's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 5 is ruled out, including R5C1.
- Every open square left in the 11-square region containing R2C2 sits in row 6, so row 6's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 6 is ruled out, including R6C1.