LinkedIn Patches #228 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #228 answer (Saturday, October 31, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
6 rectangles to draw, one for each clue. 6 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 6 rectangles, one for each clue, covering every square.
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 5 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 2 (area 15, contains the 15 (any shape) at row 1, column 4).
- Rectangle B: 3 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 5 (area 9, contains the ? (square) at row 2, column 7).
- Rectangle C: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 3, column 1).
- Rectangle D: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 4, column 5 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 5, column 7).
- Rectangle E: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 1 (area 4, contains the ? (tall) at row 6, column 1).
- Rectangle F: 2 tall by 6 wide, top-left at row 6, column 2 (area 12, contains the 12 (any shape) at row 7, column 4).
Other LinkedIn games today: Mini Sudoku · Wend · Zip · Queens · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
#228 packs 6 clues into 49 cells; the biggest asks for 15 of them. The 3 marked "any shape" at row 3, column 1 is a prime, so it can only be a strip 3 cells long, one way or the other. Every cell has to end up covered: a cell only one clue can reach belongs to that clue. The hidden areas sit at row 2, column 7 and row 6, column 1.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Count the options for the 15 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 4: 4. One of them blocks a neighbour, so it is out.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
The 15 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 4 covers rows 1–5 and columns 2–4.
Hint 3: nearly there
Draw the 3 marked "any shape" at row 3, column 1 as a block 3 tall by 1 wide whose top-left corner is row 1, column 1. After those, every remaining clue has one shape that fits.