LinkedIn Patches #219 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #219 answer (Thursday, October 22, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
11 rectangles to draw, one for each clue. 11 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 11 rectangles, one for each clue, covering every square.
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 1, column 1).
- Rectangle B: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 5 (area 6, contains the 6 (tall) at row 1, column 5).
- Rectangle C: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 2, column 1 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 2, column 2).
- Rectangle D: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 3, column 3 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 3, column 3).
- Rectangle E: 6 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 7 (area 6, contains the 6 (tall) at row 3, column 7).
- Rectangle F: 5 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 4 (area 5, contains the 5 (tall) at row 4, column 4).
- Rectangle G: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (tall) at row 5, column 1).
- Rectangle H: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 4, column 5 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 5, column 5).
- Rectangle I: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 6, column 4 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 6, column 6).
- Rectangle J: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 6, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (wide) at row 7, column 3).
- Rectangle K: 1 tall by 4 wide, top-left at row 7, column 4 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 7, column 7).
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Patches #219 is a 7×7 grid with 11 clues. The 3 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 1 is a prime, so it can only be a strip 3 cells long, one way or the other. 6 of the 11 clues sit on the outer edge, which caps how far their rectangles can reach. The primes today are the 3 at row 1, column 1, the 3 at row 2, column 2, the 3 at row 3, column 3, the 5 at row 4, column 4 and the 3 at row 6, column 6; each is a single strip.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Count the options for the 3 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 1: 2. One of them blocks a neighbour, so it is out.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 3-cell "any shape" clue at row 1, column 1 as a block 1 tall by 3 wide whose top-left corner is row 1, column 1.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 6-cell "tall" clue at row 1, column 5 is the rectangle from row 1, column 5, 3 tall by 2 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.