Queens · No. 855 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Queens #855 Answer (Sep 2, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C1, R2C5, R3C2, R4C4, R5C6, R6C3, R7C7
About Queens #855
- Queens #855 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 12.
- 2 regions lie entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 7 regions, fewer than the average of 8.0 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only single-square region is just R4C4, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 4, column 4 and every square touching R4C4.
- The only 2-square region lies entirely in column 2, so column 2's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 2 is ruled out, including R1C2.
- Every open square left in the 10-square region containing R1C2 sits in column 1, so column 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 1 is ruled out, including R5C1.