LinkedIn Patches #211 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #211 answer (Wednesday, October 14, 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: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 2 (area 2, contains the 2 (tall) at row 1, column 2).
- Rectangle B: 6 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 6, contains the ? (tall) at row 2, column 1).
- Rectangle C: 3 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 3 (area 9, contains the 9 (square) at row 2, column 3).
- Rectangle D: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 3, column 2 (area 4, contains the 4 (tall) at row 3, column 2).
- Rectangle E: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 5 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 4, column 5).
- Rectangle F: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 4, column 3 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 5, column 4).
- Rectangle G: 5 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 6 (area 5, contains the ? (any shape) at row 5, column 6).
- Rectangle H: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 6, column 5 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 6, column 5).
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#211 packs 8 clues into 36 cells; the biggest asks for 9 of them. Start with the 2-cell "tall" clue at row 1, column 2: only one rectangle fits it. 4 clues accept any shape, so they will bend around whatever the others leave.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Only one rectangle satisfies the 2 marked "tall" at row 1, column 2: 1 wide and 2 tall. Start there.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 9 marked "square" at row 2, column 3 as a block 3 tall by 3 wide whose top-left corner is row 1, column 3.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 4 marked "tall" at row 3, column 2 is the rectangle from row 3, column 2, 4 tall by 1 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.