LinkedIn Patches #213 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #213 answer (Friday, October 16, 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 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 3 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 1, column 3).
- Rectangle B: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 2, column 2).
- Rectangle C: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 2, column 4 (area 4, contains the ? (square) at row 2, column 4).
- Rectangle D: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 2, column 3 (area 2, contains the ? (tall) at row 3, column 3).
- Rectangle E: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 5 (area 3, contains the ? (tall) at row 5, column 5).
- Rectangle F: 4 tall by 4 wide, top-left at row 4, column 1 (area 16, contains the ? (square) at row 6, column 4).
- Rectangle G: 6 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 6 (area 12, contains the 12 (any shape) at row 6, column 6).
- Rectangle H: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 7, column 5 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 7, column 5).
Other LinkedIn games today: Mini Sudoku · Wend · Zip · Queens · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
Today's board is 7 by 7 with 4 "any shape" clues and 4 hidden areas. The 3 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 3 is a prime, so it can only be a strip 3 cells long, one way or the other. 4 clues hide their areas; leave them until the cells around them are spoken for. The primes today are the 3 at row 1, column 3 and the 3 at row 7, column 5; each is a single strip.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Count the options for the 12 marked "any shape" at row 6, column 6: 2. One of them blocks a neighbour, so it is out.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 12-cell "any shape" clue at row 6, column 6 as a block 6 tall by 2 wide whose top-left corner is row 1, column 6.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 3-cell "any shape" clue at row 1, column 3 is the rectangle from row 1, column 3, 1 tall by 3 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.