LinkedIn Queens #897 Answer
LinkedIn Queens #897 answer (Wednesday, October 14, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
7 queens, one per row, column and color. 14 steps. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 7 queens, one in every row, column and color region, and none of them touching.
Solution as text
- Row 1: column 4
- Row 2: column 1
- Row 3: column 5
- Row 4: column 3
- Row 5: column 7
- Row 6: column 2
- Row 7: column 6
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A 7-queen board today; the regions range from 2 cells to 16. The 2-cell region that includes row 1, column 4 never leaves column 4. A region that stretches along a single row or column locks that whole line for its queen.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
The 2-cell region that includes row 1, column 4 sits entirely in column 4, so that column's queen must be one of its 2 cells. That queen ends up in row 1.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Place the first queen at row 1, column 4. That one move rules out 14 other cells.
Hint 3: nearly there
Row 2 is next, down to 4 options; the queen sits at row 2, column 1.