LinkedIn Queens answer for Sunday, August 16: #838
LinkedIn Queens #838 is the puzzle for Sunday, August 16, 2026: an 9x9 board with 9 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
- Updated 9:50 AM PT, Nov 7
- Puzzle date Sunday, August 16
The board
- Purple 7 squares
- Orange 4 squares
- Blue 4 squares
- Green 4 squares
- Yellow 5 squares
- Red 9 squares
- Pink 5 squares
- Teal 15 squares
- Gray 28 squares
Start with the Gray region. Its square in row 2, column 6 is out: a queen there would leave the Orange region with no open square.
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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: A queen in row 2, column 6 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 2, column 8 would leave column 9 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 1 would leave row 1 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 5 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 1 would leave row 1 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 6 would leave the Green region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 6, column 1 would leave row 1 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 6, column 4 would leave the Yellow region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 7, column 1 would leave row 1 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 7, column 3 would leave the Pink region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 4 would leave the Purple region with no open square, so that square is out. The Yellow region sits entirely in column 5, so no other queen can go in column 5. The Orange region sits entirely in column 6, so no other queen can go in column 6. The Purple, Orange, Green and Yellow regions sit entirely in rows 3, 4, 5 and 6, so no other queen can go in those rows. A queen in row 1, column 2 would leave the Blue region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 7 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. The Green and Yellow regions sit entirely in rows 5 and 6, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Purple and Pink regions sit entirely in columns 3 and 4, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Red region sits entirely in column 7, so no other queen can go in column 7. The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 8 (R5C8).
- Step 2: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 5 (R6C5).
- Step 3: The Pink region sits entirely in row 8, so no other queen can go in row 8. The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 7 (R7C7).
- Step 4: The Teal region sits entirely in column 9, so no other queen can go in column 9. Row 1 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in column 1 (Blue region) (R1C1).
- Step 5: The Gray region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 9, column 2 (R9C2).
- Step 6: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 4 (R8C4).
- Step 7: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 3 (R4C3).
- Step 8: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 6 (R3C6).
- Step 9: The Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 9 (R2C9).
Answer coordinates: R1C1, R2C9, R3C6, R4C3, R5C8, R6C5, R7C7, R8C4, R9C2