LinkedIn Patches #190 answer — Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Patches · Split the grid into rectangles, one clue per rectangle · puzzle #190
Looking for LinkedIn Patches #190 from September 23, 2026? Three progressive hints come first, then the full solution — tap to reveal as much or as little as you want. Other games today: Mini Sudoku · Wend · Zip · Queens · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
Patches #190 is a 7×7 grid with 12 clues, 6 of them with the area hidden. The 2-cell "any shape" clue at row 2, column 3 has only one legal rectangle, so it is the obvious first cut. 6 clues hide their areas; leave them until the cells around them are spoken for. The primes today are the 2 at row 2, column 3, the 2 at row 3, column 3, the 2 at row 3, column 4, the 2 at row 5, column 4, the 3 at row 5, column 5 and the 2 at row 6, column 5; each is a single strip.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
The 2-cell "any shape" clue at row 2, column 3 fits exactly one way: it must be 1 across and 2 down, so draw it first.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
The 2 marked "any shape" at row 3, column 3 covers rows 3–4 and column 3.
Hint 3: nearly there
Draw the 3 marked "any shape" at row 5, column 5 as a block 3 tall by 1 wide whose top-left corner is row 3, column 5. After those, every remaining clue has one shape that fits.
Solution
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Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 4, contains the ? (any shape) at row 2, column 2).
- Rectangle B: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 3 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 2, column 3).
- Rectangle C: 2 tall by 4 wide, top-left at row 1, column 4 (area 8, contains the ? (wide) at row 2, column 4).
- Rectangle D: 5 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 1 (area 10, contains the ? (any shape) at row 3, column 2).
- Rectangle E: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 3, column 3 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 3, column 3).
- Rectangle F: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 3, column 4 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 3, column 4).
- Rectangle G: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 5, column 3 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 5, column 4).
- Rectangle H: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 3, column 5 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 5, column 5).
- Rectangle I: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 6 (area 6, contains the ? (any shape) at row 5, column 6).
- Rectangle J: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 6, column 3 (area 4, contains the ? (square) at row 6, column 4).
- Rectangle K: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 6, column 5 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 6, column 5).
- Rectangle L: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 6, column 6 (area 4, contains the ? (any shape) at row 6, column 6).