Queens · No. 867 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Queens #867 Answer (Sep 14, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C7, R2C4, R3C1, R4C3, R5C6, R6C2, R7C5
About Queens #867
- Queens #867 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 26.
- 3 regions lie 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 only single-square region is just R5C6, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 5, column 6 and every square touching R5C6.
- The 2-square region in row 4 lies entirely in that row, so row 4's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 4 is ruled out, including R4C1.
- Every open square left in the 3-square region containing R1C6 sits in column 7, so column 7's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 7 is ruled out, including R3C7.