Queens · No. 865 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Queens #865 Answer (Sep 12, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C3, R2C6, R3C8, R4C5, R5C1, R6C9, R7C7, R8C4, R9C2
About Queens #865
- Queens #865 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 45.
- 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 3-square region in rows 3–5 lies entirely in column 1, so column 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 1 is ruled out, including R1C1.
- Every open square left in the 6-square region containing R6C1 sits in row 9, so row 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 9 is ruled out, including R9C4.
- Every open square in column 9 belongs to the 45-square region containing R9C5, so that region's queen sits in column 9 and its squares outside column 9 are ruled out, such as R1C4.