Queens · No. 878 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Queens #878 Answer (Sep 25, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C8, R2C6, R3C1, R4C5, R5C3, R6C7, R7C2, R8C4
About Queens #878
- Queens #878 is played on an 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 3 squares and the largest covers 37.
- 2 regions lie entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 8 regions, fewer than the average of 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The 4-square region in rows 1–4 lies entirely in column 1, so column 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 1 is ruled out, including R5C1.
- The 4-square region in row 8 lies entirely in that row, so row 8's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 8 is ruled out, including R8C2.
- Every open square in row 7 belongs to the 37-square region containing R5C1, so that region's queen sits in row 7 and its squares outside row 7 are ruled out, such as R1C2.