LinkedIn Patches #215 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #215 answer (Sunday, October 18, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
14 rectangles to draw, one for each clue. 14 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 14 rectangles, one for each clue, covering every square.
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 4 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 1, column 4).
- Rectangle B: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 6, contains the ? (wide) at row 2, column 3).
- Rectangle C: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 2, column 4 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 2, column 4).
- Rectangle D: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 1 (area 2, contains the ? (wide) at row 3, column 2).
- Rectangle E: 3 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 3, column 3 (area 9, contains the ? (square) at row 3, column 3).
- Rectangle F: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 1 (area 4, contains the ? (tall) at row 4, column 1).
- Rectangle G: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 2 (area 2, contains the ? (tall) at row 4, column 2).
- Rectangle H: 5 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 7 (area 5, contains the ? (tall) at row 5, column 7).
- Rectangle I: 5 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 8 (area 5, contains the ? (tall) at row 5, column 8).
- Rectangle J: 6 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 6 (area 6, contains the ? (tall) at row 6, column 6).
- Rectangle K: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 6, column 7 (area 2, contains the ? (wide) at row 6, column 7).
- Rectangle L: 2 tall by 4 wide, top-left at row 6, column 2 (area 8, contains the 8 (any shape) at row 7, column 5).
- Rectangle M: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 7, column 6 (area 6, contains the ? (wide) at row 7, column 6).
- Rectangle N: 1 tall by 5 wide, top-left at row 8, column 1 (area 5, contains the 5 (any shape) at row 8, column 5).
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#215 packs 14 clues into 64 cells; the biggest asks for 8 of them. Start with the "?" clue (wide) at row 3, 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 hidden-area clue marked "wide" at row 3, column 2: 2 wide and 1 tall. Start there.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the hidden-area clue marked "wide" at row 6, column 7 as a block 1 tall by 2 wide whose top-left corner is row 6, column 7.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 2 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 4 is the rectangle from row 1, column 4, 1 tall by 2 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.