Queens · No. 851 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Queens #851 Answer (Aug 29, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C5, R2C8, R3C3, R4C6, R5C1, R6C9, R7C2, R8C7, R9C4
About Queens #851
- Queens #851 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 4 squares and the largest covers 18.
- 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 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The 5-square region in row 3 lies entirely in that row, so row 3's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 3 is ruled out, including R3C1.
- The only 4-square region and the 5-square region containing R3C8 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 R1C1.
- Columns 1 and 2 only offer squares from the 13-square region containing R1C1 and the only 18-square region, so those regions spend both queens there and their squares elsewhere are ruled out, such as R4C3.