LinkedIn Patches #225 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #225 answer (Wednesday, October 28, 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: 5 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 3 (area 5, contains the 5 (any shape) at row 1, column 3).
- Rectangle B: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 4 (area 3, contains the ? (any shape) at row 1, column 4).
- Rectangle C: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 6, contains the ? (tall) at row 3, column 2).
- Rectangle D: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 5 (area 6, contains the ? (tall) at row 3, column 5).
- Rectangle E: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 4, column 1 (area 4, contains the ? (square) at row 4, column 2).
- Rectangle F: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 4, column 5 (area 6, contains the ? (tall) at row 4, column 5).
- Rectangle G: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 6, column 1 (area 3, contains the ? (any shape) at row 6, column 3).
- Rectangle H: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 4 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 6, column 4).
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Patches #225 is a 6×6 grid with 8 clues, 6 of them with the area hidden. Start with the 5-cell "any shape" clue at row 1, column 3: only one rectangle fits it. 6 clues hide their areas; leave them until the cells around them are spoken for.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Only one rectangle satisfies the 5 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 3: 1 wide and 5 tall. Start there.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 3 marked "any shape" at row 6, column 4 as a block 3 tall by 1 wide whose top-left corner is row 4, column 4.
Hint 3: nearly there
The hidden-area clue marked "tall" at row 3, column 2 is the rectangle from row 1, column 1, 3 tall by 2 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.