Queens · No. 854 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Queens #854 Answer (Sep 1, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C1, R2C3, R3C5, R4C2, R5C6, R6C4, R7C7
About Queens #854
- Queens #854 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 2 squares and the largest covers 25.
- 1 region lies entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 7 regions, fewer than the average of 8.0 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only 2-square region lies entirely in row 2, so row 2's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 2 is ruled out, including R2C1.
- Every open square left in the 4-square region containing R2C1 sits in row 1, so row 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 1 is ruled out, including R1C4.
- Every open square in row 7 belongs to the 25-square region containing R1C4, so that region's queen sits in row 7 and its squares outside row 7 are ruled out, such as R3C6.