LinkedIn Patches #204 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #204 answer (Wednesday, October 7, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
12 rectangles to draw, one for each clue. 12 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 12 rectangles, one for each clue, covering every square.
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 4, contains the ? (tall) at row 2, column 1).
- Rectangle B: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 2 (area 2, contains the ? (tall) at row 2, column 2).
- Rectangle C: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 3 (area 2, contains the ? (tall) at row 2, column 3).
- Rectangle D: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 2 (area 4, contains the ? (square) at row 3, column 3).
- Rectangle E: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 4 (area 3, contains the ? (tall) at row 3, column 4).
- Rectangle F: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 5 (area 6, contains the ? (tall) at row 3, column 5).
- Rectangle G: 3 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 5, column 1 (area 9, contains the 9 (any shape) at row 5, column 3).
- Rectangle H: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 4 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 5, column 4).
- Rectangle I: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 5 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 5, column 5).
- Rectangle J: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 6, column 4 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 6, column 5).
- Rectangle K: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 6 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 6, column 6).
- Rectangle L: 7 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 7 (area 7, contains the 7 (any shape) at row 6, column 7).
Other LinkedIn games today: Mini Sudoku · Wend · Zip · Queens · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
12 rectangles to cut out of a 7×7 grid in Patches #204. Start with the hidden-area clue marked "tall" at row 2, column 3: only one rectangle fits it. The 9 at row 5, column 3 is the largest patch; make sure you leave it room. The primes today are the 2 at row 5, column 4, the 2 at row 5, column 5 and the 7 at row 6, column 7; each is a single strip.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Only one rectangle satisfies the "?" clue (tall) at row 2, column 3: 1 wide and 2 tall. Start there.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 7-cell "any shape" clue at row 6, column 7 as a block 7 tall by 1 wide whose top-left corner is row 1, column 7.
Hint 3: nearly there
The "?" clue (square) at row 3, column 3 is the rectangle from row 3, column 2, 2 tall by 2 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.