Queens · No. 868 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Queens #868 Answer (Sep 15, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C7, R2C3, R3C6, R4C4, R5C2, R6C5, R7C1
About Queens #868
- Queens #868 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 14.
- 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 only single-square region is just R4C4, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 4, column 4 and every square touching R4C4.
- Every open square left in the 6-square region containing R2C4 sits in row 2, so row 2's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 2 is ruled out, including R2C1.
- Every open square left in the 6-square region containing R5C3 sits in row 6, so row 6's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 6 is ruled out, including R6C1.