LinkedIn Patches #222 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #222 answer (Sunday, October 25, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
16 rectangles to draw, one for each clue. 16 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 16 rectangles, one for each clue, covering every square.
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 4 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 1, column 6).
- Rectangle B: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 7 (area 4, contains the 4 (square) at row 1, column 8).
- Rectangle C: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 4, contains the ? (square) at row 2, column 2).
- Rectangle D: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 2, column 4 (area 3, contains the 3 (wide) at row 2, column 4).
- Rectangle E: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 3, column 4 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 3, column 6).
- Rectangle F: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 7 (area 2, contains the ? (wide) at row 3, column 8).
- Rectangle G: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 1 (area 4, contains the ? (square) at row 4, column 2).
- Rectangle H: 1 tall by 5 wide, top-left at row 4, column 4 (area 5, contains the 5 (any shape) at row 4, column 4).
- Rectangle I: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 5, column 4 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 5, column 5).
- Rectangle J: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 5, column 7 (area 2, contains the ? (wide) at row 5, column 7).
- Rectangle K: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 5, column 1 (area 6, contains the ? (tall) at row 6, column 1).
- Rectangle L: 6 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 3 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 6, column 3).
- Rectangle M: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 7, column 4 (area 6, contains the 6 (wide) at row 7, column 5).
- Rectangle N: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 6, column 7 (area 6, contains the ? (tall) at row 7, column 7).
- Rectangle O: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 8, column 1 (area 2, contains the 2 (wide) at row 8, column 1).
- Rectangle P: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 7, column 3 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 8, column 3).
Other LinkedIn games today: Mini Sudoku · Wend · Zip · Queens · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
Today's board is 8 by 8 with 6 "any shape" clues and 6 hidden areas. One clue is forced from the start, the 4-cell "square" clue at row 1, column 8; draw it and the neighbours tighten up. Every cell has to end up covered: a cell only one clue can reach belongs to that clue. The primes today are the 3 at row 1, column 6, the 3 at row 2, column 4, the 3 at row 3, column 6, the 5 at row 4, column 4, the 2 at row 8, column 1 and the 2 at row 8, column 3; each is a single strip.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
The 4-cell "square" clue at row 1, column 8 is decided before you touch anything else, a 2 tall by 2 wide block.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
The hidden-area clue marked "wide" at row 3, column 8 is the rectangle from row 3, column 7, 1 tall by 2 wide.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 2-cell "wide" clue at row 8, column 1 covers row 8 and columns 1–2. The rest follows from what is left uncovered.