Queens · No. 869 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Queens #869 Answer (Sep 16, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C3, R2C5, R3C2, R4C6, R5C1, R6C4, R7C7
About Queens #869
- Queens #869 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 2 squares and the largest covers 16.
- 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 2-square region lies entirely in column 2, so column 2's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 2 is ruled out, including R1C2.
- Every open square left in the 4-square region containing R5C2 sits in column 1, so column 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 1 is ruled out, including R1C1.
- The 6-square region containing R1C1 and the 4-square region containing R5C2 only have open squares in columns 1 and 3, so they take both queens of those columns and every other square there is ruled out, such as R2C3.