LinkedIn Queens answer for Saturday, July 25: #816
LinkedIn Queens #816 is the puzzle for Saturday, July 25, 2026: an 9x9 board with 9 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 9:46 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Saturday, July 25
The board
Purple25 squares
Orange7 squares
Blue4 squares
Green8 squares
Yellow5 squares
Red9 squares
Pink3 squares
Teal5 squares
Gray15 squares
Start with the Blue region. Together with the Pink region it sits entirely in columns 1 and 2, so no other queen can go in those columns.
0 of 9 queens shown
Queens solution, step by step
Each LinkedIn Queens step places one queen and closes its row, its column, its region and the squares touching it.
Step 1: The Blue and Pink regions sit entirely in columns 1 and 2, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Orange region sits entirely in row 3, so no other queen can go in row 3. The Yellow region sits entirely in column 7, so no other queen can go in column 7. The Green region sits entirely in row 9, so no other queen can go in row 9. Column 2 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2 (Pink region) (R2C2).
Step 2: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 4 (R3C4).
Step 3: The Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 5 (R1C5).
Step 4: The Gray region sits entirely in column 8, so no other queen can go in column 8. A queen in row 4, column 6 would leave the Yellow region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 8 would leave the Yellow region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 6 would leave the Yellow region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 7 would leave the Gray region with no open square, so that square is out. The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 7 (R4C7).
Step 5: The Gray region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 8 (R6C8).
Step 6: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 9 (R8C9).
Step 7: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 1 (R7C1).
Step 8: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 3 (R5C3).
Step 9: The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 9, column 6 (R9C6).
Put the queens on R1C5, R2C2, R3C4, R4C7, R5C3, R6C8, R7C1, R8C9, R9C6. That is one queen in every row, every column and every one of the 9 color regions, and no two queens touch.
Which region do you start with in Queens #816?
Start with the Blue region. Together with the Pink region it sits entirely in columns 1 and 2, so no other queen can go in those columns.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #816?
R1C5, R2C2, R3C4, R4C7, R5C3, R6C8, R7C1, R8C9, R9C6. In words: row 1 is column 5, row 2 is column 2, row 3 is column 4, row 4 is column 7, row 5 is column 3, row 6 is column 8, row 7 is column 1, row 8 is column 9, row 9 is column 6.