LinkedIn Patches #216 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #216 answer (Monday, October 19, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
10 rectangles to draw, one for each clue. 10 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 10 rectangles, one for each clue, covering every square.
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 2, column 3).
- Rectangle B: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 4 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 2, column 4).
- Rectangle C: 1 tall by 4 wide, top-left at row 3, column 1 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 3, column 2).
- Rectangle D: 3 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 5 (area 9, contains the 9 (any shape) at row 3, column 5).
- Rectangle E: 4 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 4, column 1 (area 8, contains the 8 (any shape) at row 4, column 2).
- Rectangle F: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 4, column 5 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 4, column 5).
- Rectangle G: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 3 (area 2, contains the ? (tall) at row 5, column 3).
- Rectangle H: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 4 (area 2, contains the ? (tall) at row 5, column 4).
- Rectangle I: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 6, column 3 (area 2, contains the 2 (tall) at row 6, column 3).
- Rectangle J: 2 tall by 4 wide, top-left at row 6, column 4 (area 8, contains the 8 (wide) at row 6, column 4).
Other LinkedIn games today: Mini Sudoku · Wend · Zip · Queens · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
Today's board is 7 by 7 with 6 "any shape" clues and 2 hidden areas. Start with the 6-cell "any shape" clue at row 2, column 3: only one rectangle fits it. Every cell has to end up covered: a cell only one clue can reach belongs to that clue.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Only one rectangle satisfies the 6 marked "any shape" at row 2, column 3: 3 wide and 2 tall. Start there.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 9 marked "any shape" at row 3, column 5 as a block 3 tall by 3 wide whose top-left corner is row 1, column 5.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 8 marked "any shape" at row 4, column 2 is the rectangle from row 4, column 1, 4 tall by 2 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.