Queens · No. 859 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Queens #859 Answer (Sep 6, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C9, R2C3, R3C8, R4C5, R5C7, R6C2, R7C4, R8C6, R9C1
About Queens #859
- Queens #859 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 2 squares and the largest covers 24.
- 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 5, so row 5's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 5 is ruled out, including R5C1.
- Every open square in row 1 belongs to the 24-square region containing R5C8, so that region's queen sits in row 1 and its squares outside row 1 are ruled out, such as R2C1.
- Every open square in row 9 belongs to the 19-square region containing R5C1, so that region's queen sits in row 9 and its squares outside row 9 are ruled out, such as R4C1.