LinkedIn Queens answer for Saturday, September 26: #879
LinkedIn Queens #879 is the puzzle for Saturday, September 26, 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 Saturday, September 26
The board
Start with the Purple region. Together with the Green and Yellow regions it sits entirely in rows 2, 3 and 4, so no other queen can go in those rows.
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 Purple, Green and Yellow regions sit entirely in rows 2, 3 and 4, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Orange, Blue, Red and Pink regions sit entirely in rows 5, 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Beige region sits entirely in row 9, so no other queen can go in row 9. Column 9 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1 (Gray region) (R1C9).
Step 2: Column 8 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4 (Green region) (R4C8).
Step 3: The Yellow region sits entirely in row 3, so no other queen can go in row 3. A queen in row 5, column 3 would leave the Blue region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 6 would leave the Pink region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 6, column 5 would leave the Blue region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 7, column 2 would leave the Red region with no open square, so that square is out. The Orange and Blue regions sit entirely in rows 5 and 6, so no other queen can go in those rows. Column 7 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 9 (Beige region) (R9C7).
Step 4: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 6 (R7C6).
Step 5: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 3 (R8C3).
Step 6: Column 1 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5 (Orange region) (R5C1).
Step 7: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 4 (R6C4).
Step 8: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 2 (R2C2).
Step 9: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 5 (R3C5).
Put the queens on R1C9, R2C2, R3C5, R4C8, R5C1, R6C4, R7C6, R8C3, R9C7. 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 #879?
Start with the Purple region. Together with the Green and Yellow regions it sits entirely in rows 2, 3 and 4, so no other queen can go in those rows.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #879?
R1C9, R2C2, R3C5, R4C8, R5C1, R6C4, R7C6, R8C3, R9C7. In words: row 1 is column 9, row 2 is column 2, row 3 is column 5, row 4 is column 8, row 5 is column 1, row 6 is column 4, row 7 is column 6, row 8 is column 3, row 9 is column 7.