Queens · No. 881 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Queens #881 Answer (Sep 28, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C1, R2C5, R3C2, R4C4, R5C6, R6C3, R7C7
About Queens #881
- Queens #881 is played on a 7×7 grid with 7 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 16.
- 2 regions lie entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 7 regions, fewer than the average of 8.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only single-square region is just R7C7, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 7, column 7 and every square touching R7C7.
- The only 2-square region lies entirely in column 1, so column 1's queen belongs to that region and the rest of column 1 is ruled out, including R3C1.
- The 6-square region containing R4C7 and the 10-square region containing R5C1 only have open squares in rows 5 and 6, so they take both queens of those rows and every other square there is ruled out, such as R5C4.