Queens · No. 877 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Queens #877 Answer (Sep 24, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C1, R2C6, R3C2, R4C9, R5C5, R6C3, R7C8, R8C4, R9C7
About Queens #877
- Queens #877 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 26.
- 1 region lies entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 9 regions, more than the average of 8.1 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only single-square region is just R5C5, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 5, column 5 and every square touching R5C5.
- Every open square left in the 5-square region containing R5C7 sits in column 9, so column 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 9 is ruled out, including R1C9.
- Every open square left in the 5-square region containing R7C9 sits in row 9, so row 9's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 9 is ruled out, including R9C1.