Queens · No. 879 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Queens #879 Answer (Sep 26, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C9, R2C2, R3C5, R4C8, R5C1, R6C4, R7C6, R8C3, R9C7
About Queens #879
- Queens #879 is played on a 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 4 squares and the largest covers 27.
- 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 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- Every open square in row 1 belongs to the only 27-square region, so that region's queen sits in row 1 and its squares outside row 1 are ruled out, such as R2C1.
- Every open square in row 9 belongs to the only 20-square region, so that region's queen sits in row 9 and its squares outside row 9 are ruled out, such as R5C7.
- Every open square in column 9 belongs to the 27-square region containing R2C1, so that region's queen sits in column 9 and its squares outside column 9 are ruled out, such as R1C1.