Queens · No. 841 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Queens #841 Answer (Aug 19, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C2, R2C7, R3C1, R4C6, R5C4, R6C8, R7C3, R8C5
About Queens #841
- Queens #841 is played on an 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 17.
- 1 region lies 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 R5C4, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 5, column 4 and every square touching R5C4.
- Every open square left in the 5-square region containing R5C6 sits in column 8, so column 8's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 8 is ruled out, including R1C8.
- Every open square in row 3 belongs to the 17-square region containing R2C4, so that region's queen sits in row 3 and its squares outside row 3 are ruled out, such as R1C1.