Queens · No. 882 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Queens #882 Answer (Sep 29, 2026)
Hint: Start with the smallest colored region — its queen has the fewest possible squares.
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R1C7, R2C3, R3C8, R4C6, R5C4, R6C2, R7C5, R8C1
About Queens #882
- Queens #882 is played on an 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions.
- The smallest region covers 1 square and the largest covers 16.
- 1 region lies entirely inside a single row or column, which reserves that line for it.
- It has 8 regions, fewer than the average of 8.1 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- The only single-square region is just R8C1, so its queen has no choice and goes there; that placement clears the rest of row 8, column 1 and every square touching R8C1.
- Every open square left in the 6-square region containing R8C3 sits in row 7, so row 7's queen belongs to that region and the rest of row 7 is ruled out, including R7C3.
- The 5-square region containing R7C4 and the 5-square region containing R7C1 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 R5C2.