Queens · No. 858 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Queens #858 Answer (Sep 5, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C2, R2C5, R3C7, R4C9, R5C4, R6C8, R7C6, R8C1, R9C3
About Queens #858
- Queens #858 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 2 squares and the largest covers 17.
- 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 2-square region lies entirely in row 8, so row 8's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 8 is ruled out, including R8C3.
- The only 2-square region and the only 5-square region only have open squares in columns 1 and 2, so they take both queens of those columns and every other square there is ruled out, such as R2C2.
- Every open square left in the 11-square region containing R5C1 sits in column 3, so column 3's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 3 is ruled out, including R1C3.