Queens · No. 846 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Queens #846 Answer (Aug 24, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C4, R2C1, R3C8, R4C6, R5C9, R6C2, R7C5, R8C7, R9C3
About Queens #846
- Queens #846 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 23.
- 3 regions lie entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 9 regions, more than the average of 8.1 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only single-square region is just R7C5, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 7, column 5 and every square touching R7C5.
- The 2-square region in row 9 lies entirely in that row, so row 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 9 is ruled out, including R9C1.
- The only 4-square region and the 2-square region containing R1C5 only have open squares in rows 1 and 2, so they take both queens of those rows and every other square there is ruled out, such as R1C6.