LinkedIn Queens answer for Sunday, September 20: #873
LinkedIn Queens #873 is the puzzle for Sunday, September 20, 2026: an 9x9 board with 9 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
- Updated 9:53 AM PT, Nov 7
- Puzzle date Sunday, September 20
The board
Start with the Purple region. Together with the Orange, Green and Gray regions it sits entirely in columns 2, 3, 4 and 5, so no other queen can go in those columns.
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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: The Purple, Orange, Green and Gray regions sit entirely in columns 2, 3, 4 and 5, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Blue and Red regions sit entirely in columns 6 and 7, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Yellow region sits entirely in row 9, so no other queen can go in row 9. The Yellow and Pink regions sit entirely in columns 8 and 9, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Purple, Orange, Blue, Green, Gray and Red regions sit entirely in rows 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, so no other queen can go in those rows. A queen in row 3, column 2 would leave the Gray region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 3, column 3 would leave the Purple region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 4 would leave column 5 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 2 would leave the Purple region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 6, column 3 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 7, column 4 would leave the Green region with no open square, so that square is out. The Purple and Orange regions sit entirely in columns 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Gray region sits entirely in row 3, so no other queen can go in row 3. The Purple, Orange, Blue and Green regions sit entirely in rows 4, 5, 6 and 7, so no other queen can go in those rows. A queen in row 8, column 8 would leave the Yellow region with no open square, so that square is out. Column 8 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 9 (Yellow region) (R9C8).
- Step 2: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 9 (R1C9).
- Step 3: The Beige region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 1 (R8C1).
- Step 4: A queen in row 5, column 3 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. The Purple region sits entirely in row 4, so no other queen can go in row 4. A queen in row 6, column 4 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 3 would leave column 4 with no open square, so that square is out. The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 2 (R4C2).
- Step 5: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 3 (R7C3).
- Step 6: A queen in row 5, column 6 would leave the Green region with no open square, so that square is out. Row 5 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in column 4 (Green region) (R5C4).
- Step 7: The Gray region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 5 (R3C5).
- Step 8: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 7 (R2C7).
- Step 9: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 6 (R6C6).
Answer coordinates: R1C9, R2C7, R3C5, R4C2, R5C4, R6C6, R7C3, R8C1, R9C8