Queens · No. 853 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Queens #853 Answer (Aug 31, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C7, R2C4, R3C1, R4C6, R5C2, R6C5, R7C3
About Queens #853
- Queens #853 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 2 squares and the largest covers 20.
- 3 regions lie entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 7 regions, fewer than the average of 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The 5-square region in rows 3–7 lies entirely in column 1, so column 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 1 is ruled out, including R1C1.
- The 2-square region in row 6 lies entirely in that row, so row 6's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 6 is ruled out, including R6C1.
- Every open square left in the 5-square region containing R6C2 sits in column 2, so column 2's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 2 is ruled out, including R1C2.