LinkedIn Patches #229 Answer
LinkedIn Patches #229 answer (Sunday, November 1, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
14 rectangles to draw, one for each clue. 14 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 14 rectangles, one for each clue, covering every square.
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 1, column 1).
- Rectangle B: 1 tall by 4 wide, top-left at row 1, column 5 (area 4, contains the ? (wide) at row 1, column 8).
- Rectangle C: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 2 (area 4, contains the 4 (tall) at row 2, column 2).
- Rectangle D: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 2, column 5 (area 3, contains the ? (any shape) at row 2, column 7).
- Rectangle E: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 3 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 3, column 3).
- Rectangle F: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 3, column 5 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 3, column 7).
- Rectangle G: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 4, column 3 (area 6, contains the 6 (wide) at row 4, column 3).
- Rectangle H: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 4, column 6 (area 4, contains the 4 (square) at row 5, column 6).
- Rectangle I: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 5, column 1 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 6, column 2).
- Rectangle J: 1 tall by 5 wide, top-left at row 6, column 3 (area 5, contains the 5 (any shape) at row 6, column 6).
- Rectangle K: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 7, column 2 (area 6, contains the ? (any shape) at row 7, column 2).
- Rectangle L: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 7, column 5 (area 6, contains the 6 (wide) at row 7, column 7).
- Rectangle M: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 7, column 1 (area 2, contains the ? (tall) at row 8, column 1).
- Rectangle N: 7 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 2, column 8 (area 7, contains the 7 (any shape) at row 8, column 8).
Other LinkedIn games today: Mini Sudoku · Wend · Zip · Queens · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
Today's board is 8 by 8 with 8 "any shape" clues and 4 hidden areas. Primes go first: the 3 marked "any shape" at row 3, column 7 has to be a 3-long strip. 4 clues hide their areas; leave them until the cells around them are spoken for.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
The 4 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 1 has only 2 possible rectangles; list them and see which one leaves the neighbours room.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 4 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 1 as a block 4 tall by 1 wide whose top-left corner is row 1, column 1.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 4 marked "tall" at row 2, column 2 is the rectangle from row 1, column 2, 4 tall by 1 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.