LinkedIn Patches #208 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #208 answer (Sunday, October 11, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
8 rectangles to draw, one for each clue. 8 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 8 rectangles, one for each clue, covering every square.
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 1 tall by 6 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (wide) at row 1, column 3).
- Rectangle B: 3 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 2, column 2 (area 9, contains the ? (square) at row 2, column 2).
- Rectangle C: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 2, column 5 (area 4, contains the ? (square) at row 2, column 6).
- Rectangle D: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 7 (area 3, contains the 3 (tall) at row 3, column 7).
- Rectangle E: 6 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 2, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (tall) at row 5, column 1).
- Rectangle F: 3 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 5, column 2 (area 9, contains the ? (square) at row 6, column 2).
- Rectangle G: 3 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 4, column 5 (area 9, contains the ? (square) at row 6, column 6).
- Rectangle H: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 7, column 5 (area 3, contains the 3 (wide) at row 7, column 5).
Other LinkedIn games today: Mini Sudoku · Wend · Zip · Queens · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
7×7, 8 clues (4 hidden areas): that's Patches #208. The 3 marked "tall" at row 3, column 7 is a prime, so it can only be a strip 3 cells long, one way or the other. The 6 at row 1, column 3 is the largest patch; make sure you leave it room. The primes today are the 3 at row 3, column 7 and the 3 at row 7, column 5; each is a single strip.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Count the options for the 6 marked "wide" at row 1, column 3: 3. One of them blocks a neighbour, so it is out.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 6-cell "wide" clue at row 1, column 3 as a block 1 tall by 6 wide whose top-left corner is row 1, column 1.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 3-cell "tall" clue at row 3, column 7 is the rectangle from row 1, column 7, 3 tall by 1 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.