LinkedIn Queens answer for Tuesday, September 29: #882
LinkedIn Queens #882 is the puzzle for Tuesday, September 29, 2026: an 8x8 board with 8 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 9:53 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Tuesday, September 29
The board
Purple16 squares
Orange15 squares
Blue11 squares
Green5 squares
Yellow5 squares
Red5 squares
Pink6 squares
Teal1 square
Start with the Teal region. It has only one open square, so no guessing is needed.
0 of 8 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 Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 1 (R8C1).
Step 2: The Pink region sits entirely in row 7, so no other queen can go in row 7. The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 2 (R6C2).
Step 3: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 4 (R5C4).
Step 4: The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 6 (R4C6).
Step 5: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 8 (R3C8).
Step 6: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 5 (R7C5).
Step 7: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 7 (R1C7).
Step 8: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 3 (R2C3).
Put the queens on R1C7, R2C3, R3C8, R4C6, R5C4, R6C2, R7C5, R8C1. That is one queen in every row, every column and every one of the 8 color regions, and no two queens touch.
Which region do you start with in Queens #882?
Start with the Teal region. It has only one open square, so no guessing is needed.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #882?
R1C7, R2C3, R3C8, R4C6, R5C4, R6C2, R7C5, R8C1. In words: row 1 is column 7, row 2 is column 3, row 3 is column 8, row 4 is column 6, row 5 is column 4, row 6 is column 2, row 7 is column 5, row 8 is column 1.