Queens · No. 836 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Queens #836 Answer (Aug 14, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C3, R2C5, R3C7, R4C2, R5C9, R6C6, R7C8, R8C4, R9C1
About Queens #836
- Queens #836 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 4 squares and the largest covers 30.
- No region fits inside a single row or column, so the first placements come from region shapes.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 9 regions, more than the average of 8.3 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 R1C1.
- Every open square in row 1 belongs to the only 18-square region, so that region's queen sits in row 1 and its squares outside row 1 are ruled out, such as R2C2.
- Every open square in row 2 belongs to the 5-square region in rows 2–4, so that region's queen sits in row 2 and its squares outside row 2 are ruled out, such as R3C4.