Queens · No. 857 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Queens #857 Answer (Sep 4, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C6, R2C1, R3C8, R4C3, R5C5, R6C9, R7C2, R8C7, R9C4
About Queens #857
- Queens #857 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 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 3-square region lies entirely in row 9, so row 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 9 is ruled out, including R9C1.
- Every open square left in the 5-square region containing R9C8 sits in column 9, so column 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 9 is ruled out, including R1C9.
- Every open square left in the 5-square region containing R1C9 sits in row 1, so row 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 1 is ruled out, including R1C1.