Queens · No. 864 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Queens #864 Answer (Sep 11, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C9, R2C4, R3C2, R4C6, R5C8, R6C1, R7C3, R8C7, R9C5
About Queens #864
- Queens #864 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 21.
- 2 regions lie 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 3-square region in row 7 lies entirely in that row, so row 7's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 7 is ruled out, including R7C1.
- The 3-square region in row 8 lies entirely in that row, so row 8's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 8 is ruled out, including R8C1.
- Every open square left in the 9-square region containing R7C5 sits in row 9, so row 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 9 is ruled out, including R9C1.