Queens · No. 861 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Queens #861 Answer (Sep 8, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C5, R2C3, R3C1, R4C7, R5C4, R6C6, R7C2
About Queens #861
- Queens #861 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 16.
- 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 8.1 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The 3-square region in rows 5–7 lies entirely in column 6, so column 6's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 6 is ruled out, including R1C6.
- Every open square left in the 5-square region containing R4C6 sits in column 7, so column 7's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 7 is ruled out, including R1C7.
- Every open square in column 1 belongs to the only 16-square region, so that region's queen sits in column 1 and its squares outside column 1 are ruled out, such as R2C2.