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LinkedIn Queens #886 Answer — (October 3, 2026)
Queens · One queen in every row, column and color region, none touching · puzzle #886
The answer
Solution as text
- Row 1: column 8
- Row 2: column 3
- Row 3: column 6
- Row 4: column 2
- Row 5: column 4
- Row 6: column 1
- Row 7: column 7
- Row 8: column 9
- Row 9: column 5
Stuck on today's LinkedIn Queens? The answer is right above. Below, how today's puzzle works and three hints, if you'd rather solve it yourself. Other games today: Mini Sudoku · Patches · Wend · Zip · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
9 queens to place in Queens #886, one in each row, column and region, none touching. One region, the purple one, is confined to a single column. 2 of the queens sit a knight's move from the one in the row above; not a rule, just the shape of today's answer.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Look at the 3-cell purple region first: it never leaves column 1, which pins that column's queen to 3 cells. Its queen lands in row 6.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Place the first queen at row 6, column 1. That one move rules out 18 other cells.
Hint 3: nearly there
Row 5 is next, down to 7 options; the queen sits at row 5, column 4.
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