Queens · No. 843 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Queens #843 Answer (Aug 21, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C3, R2C6, R3C8, R4C2, R5C5, R6C7, R7C1, R8C4
About Queens #843
- Queens #843 is played on an 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 2 squares and the largest covers 14.
- 1 region lies entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 8 regions, fewer than the average of 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only 2-square region lies entirely in column 1, so column 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 1 is ruled out, including R1C1.
- Columns 7 and 8 only offer squares from the only 13-square region and the only 9-square region, so those regions spend both queens there and their squares elsewhere are ruled out, such as R3C6.
- Every open square in column 6 belongs to the only 10-square region, so that region's queen sits in column 6 and its squares outside column 6 are ruled out, such as R1C4.