Queens · No. 837 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Queens #837 Answer (Aug 15, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C5, R2C1, R3C8, R4C2, R5C9, R6C3, R7C7, R8C4, R9C6
About Queens #837
- Queens #837 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 23.
- 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.
- The 6-square region in rows 1–2 and the only 3-square region only have open squares in rows 1 and 2, so they take both queens of those rows and every other square there is ruled out, such as R1C7.
- The 4-square region in rows 4–5 and the only 3-square region 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 R2C2.
- Every open square left in the 13-square region containing R3C1 sits in column 3, so column 3's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 3 is ruled out, including R1C3.