Queens · No. 866 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Queens #866 Answer (Sep 13, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C1, R2C6, R3C2, R4C4, R5C7, R6C9, R7C3, R8C5, R9C8
About Queens #866
- Queens #866 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 5 squares and the largest covers 37.
- No region fits inside a single row or column, so the first placements come from region shapes.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 9 regions, more than the average of 8.1 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- Every open square in column 1 belongs to the only 37-square region, so that region's queen sits in column 1 and its squares outside column 1 are ruled out, such as R1C2.
- Every open square in column 9 belongs to the only 9-square region, so that region's queen sits in column 9 and its squares outside column 9 are ruled out, such as R4C7.
- Columns 2 and 3 only offer squares from the 5-square region in rows 2–3 and the 5-square region in rows 6–7, so those regions spend both queens there and their squares elsewhere are ruled out, such as R2C4.