Queens · No. 850 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Queens #850 Answer (Aug 28, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C8, R2C1, R3C3, R4C6, R5C9, R6C5, R7C7, R8C2, R9C4
About Queens #850
- Queens #850 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 2 squares and the largest covers 21.
- 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 7, so row 7's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 7 is ruled out, including R7C1.
- The 3-square region containing R7C2 and the only 2-square region only have open squares in rows 7 and 8, so they take both queens of those rows and every other square there is ruled out, such as R8C1.
- Every open square left in the 10-square region containing R7C4 sits in column 5, so column 5's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 5 is ruled out, including R1C5.