LinkedIn Queens answer for Monday, August 17: #839
LinkedIn Queens #839 is the puzzle for Monday, August 17, 2026: an 7x7 board with 7 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 9:50 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Monday, August 17
The board
Purple7 squares
Orange6 squares
Blue6 squares
Green6 squares
Yellow1 square
Red4 squares
Pink19 squares
Start with the Yellow region. It has only one open square, so no guessing is needed.
0 of 7 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 Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 4 (R4C4).
Step 2: The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 5 (R6C5).
Step 3: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 7 (R7C7).
Step 4: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 3 (R2C3).
Step 5: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 2 (R5C2).
Step 6: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 6 (R3C6).
Step 7: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 1 (R1C1).
Put the queens on R1C1, R2C3, R3C6, R4C4, R5C2, R6C5, R7C7. That is one queen in every row, every column and every one of the 7 color regions, and no two queens touch.
Which region do you start with in Queens #839?
Start with the Yellow region. It has only one open square, so no guessing is needed.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #839?
R1C1, R2C3, R3C6, R4C4, R5C2, R6C5, R7C7. In words: row 1 is column 1, row 2 is column 3, row 3 is column 6, row 4 is column 4, row 5 is column 2, row 6 is column 5, row 7 is column 7.