Queens · No. 844 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Queens #844 Answer (Aug 22, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C8, R2C6, R3C1, R4C5, R5C2, R6C4, R7C7, R8C3, R9C9
About Queens #844
- Queens #844 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 2 squares and the largest covers 39.
- 1 region lies entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 9 regions, more than the average of 8.1 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only 2-square region lies entirely in row 1, so row 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 1 is ruled out, including R1C1.
- The 4-square region in rows 5–6, columns 2–3 and the 4-square region in rows 5–6, columns 4–5 only have open squares in rows 5 and 6, so they take both queens of those rows and every other square there is ruled out, such as R5C1.
- Every open square left in the 4-square region containing R6C7 sits in row 7, so row 7's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 7 is ruled out, including R7C1.