Queens · No. 842 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Queens #842 Answer (Aug 20, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C2, R2C6, R3C9, R4C1, R5C8, R6C5, R7C3, R8C7, R9C4
About Queens #842
- Queens #842 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 4 squares and the largest covers 42.
- No region fits inside a single row or column, so the first placements come from region shapes.
- It has 9 regions, more than the average of 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The 4-square region in rows 8–9, the 4-square region in rows 7–9, and the only 6-square region only have open squares in rows 7, 8, and 9, so they take all three queens of those rows and every other square there is ruled out, such as R7C1.
- Every open square left in the 9-square region containing R7C6 sits 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 column 9 belongs to the 42-square region containing R6C1, so that region's queen sits in column 9 and its squares outside column 9 are ruled out, such as R1C1.