LinkedIn Queens answer for Thursday, October 1: #884
LinkedIn Queens #884 is the puzzle for Thursday, October 1, 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 Thursday, October 1
The board
Start with the Red region. Together with the Yellow and Beige regions it sits entirely in rows 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those rows.
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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 Red, Yellow and Beige regions sit entirely in rows 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Gray region sits entirely in row 5, so no other queen can go in row 5. A queen in row 1, column 7 would leave row 4 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 2, column 2 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 2, column 7 would leave the Green region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 3, column 6 would leave row 4 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 1 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 4 would leave the Gray region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 5 would leave the Gray region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 8 would leave the Green region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 7, column 3 would leave the Beige region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 8, column 3 would leave the Red region with no open square, so that square is out. The Beige region sits entirely in column 4, so no other queen can go in column 4. The Gray region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 5 (R5C5).
- Step 2: Row 6 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in column 3 (Red region) (R6C3).
- Step 3: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 6 (R1C6).
- Step 4: The Blue 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 2, column 1 (R2C1).
- Step 6: The Beige region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 4 (R8C4).
- Step 7: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 7 (R7C7).
- Step 8: The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 8 (R3C8).
Answer coordinates: R1C6, R2C1, R3C8, R4C2, R5C5, R6C3, R7C7, R8C4