Queens · No. 828 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Queens #828 Answer (Aug 6, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C5, R2C1, R3C6, R4C4, R5C2, R6C7, R7C3, R8C8
About Queens #828
- Queens #828 is played on an 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 28.
- 2 regions lie entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 8 regions, fewer than the average of 8.3 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 2-square region lies entirely in row 6, so row 6's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 6 is ruled out, including R6C1.
- Every open square in row 8 belongs to the 28-square region containing R4C8, so that region's queen sits in row 8 and its squares outside row 8 are ruled out, such as R1C6.