LinkedIn Queens #896 Answer
LinkedIn Queens #896 answer (Tuesday, October 13, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
9 queens, one per row, column and color. 18 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 9 queens, one in every row, column and color region, and none of them touching.
Solution as text
- Row 1: column 2
- Row 2: column 8
- Row 3: column 4
- Row 4: column 6
- Row 5: column 1
- Row 6: column 7
- Row 7: column 3
- Row 8: column 5
- Row 9: column 9
Other LinkedIn games today: Mini Sudoku · Patches · Wend · Zip · Tango · Pinpoint · Crossclimb.
#896: 9 rows, 9 colors, 9 queens, and the usual rule that queens never touch. One region, the 2-cell region that includes row 5, column 1, 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 2-cell region that includes row 5, column 1 first: it never leaves column 1, which pins that column's queen to 2 cells. Its queen lands in row 5.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Row 5, column 1 takes the first queen, which clears the rest of row 5, the rest of column 1 and the rest of its region.
Hint 3: nearly there
Now count row 4: just 7 cells survive, and the queen is at row 4, column 6. Keep doing that row by row.