Queens · No. 873 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Queens #873 Answer (Sep 20, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C9, R2C7, R3C5, R4C2, R5C4, R6C6, R7C3, R8C1, R9C8
About Queens #873
- Queens #873 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 5 squares and the largest covers 18.
- 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 7.9 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- Every open square in column 1 belongs to the only 18-square region, so that region's queen sits in column 1 and its squares outside column 1 are ruled out, such as R1C2.
- Columns 8 and 9 only offer squares from the only 12-square region and the only 15-square region, so those regions spend both queens there and their squares elsewhere are ruled out, such as R8C3.
- Every open square left in the 12-square region containing R8C3 sits in row 9, so row 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 9 is ruled out, including R9C1.