Queens · No. 845 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Queens #845 Answer (Aug 23, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C4, R2C1, R3C9, R4C2, R5C6, R6C3, R7C8, R8C5, R9C7
About Queens #845
- Queens #845 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 20.
- 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 3-square region lies entirely in column 2, so column 2's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 2 is ruled out, including R1C2.
- A queen on R4C8 would share a row or column with, or touch, all 6 open squares of the only 6-square region, leaving that region nowhere for its own queen, so R4C8 is ruled out.
- A queen on R2C8 would share a row or column with, or touch, all 6 open squares of the 7-square region containing R4C8, leaving that region nowhere for its own queen, so R2C8 is ruled out.