Queens · No. 831 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Queens #831 Answer (Aug 9, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C2, R2C6, R3C9, R4C3, R5C5, R6C7, R7C4, R8C1, R9C8
About Queens #831
- Queens #831 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 33.
- 1 region lies entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 9 regions, more than the average of 8.1 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The 4-square region in row 1 lies entirely in that row, so row 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 1 is ruled out, including R1C5.
- Every open square left in the 7-square region containing R1C5 sits in column 9, so column 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 9 is ruled out, including R4C9.
- Every open square left in the 7-square region containing R5C9 sits in row 9, so row 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 9 is ruled out, including R9C1.