LinkedIn Queens answer for Friday, October 2: #885
LinkedIn Queens #885 is the puzzle for Friday, October 2, 2026: an 8x8 board with 8 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 9:54 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Friday, October 2
The board
Purple4 squares
Orange6 squares
Blue4 squares
Green32 squares
Yellow5 squares
Red4 squares
Pink5 squares
Teal4 squares
Start with the Purple region. Together with the Orange and Blue regions it sits entirely in rows 1, 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those rows.
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 Purple, Orange and Blue regions sit entirely in rows 1, 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Purple, Yellow and Red regions sit entirely in columns 1, 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Red, Pink and Teal regions sit entirely in rows 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those rows. A queen in row 1, column 7 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. The Blue region sits entirely in column 8, so no other queen can go in column 8. The Teal region sits entirely in row 8, so no other queen can go in row 8. The Red region sits entirely in column 1, so no other queen can go in column 1. The Purple region sits entirely in row 1, so no other queen can go in row 1. The Yellow region sits entirely in row 4, so no other queen can go in row 4. Column 4 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5 (Green region) (R5C4).
Step 2: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 2 (R4C2).
Step 3: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 3 (R1C3).
Step 4: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 5 (R7C5).
Step 5: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 1 (R6C1).
Step 6: The Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 7 (R8C7).
Step 7: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 6 (R2C6).
Step 8: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 8 (R3C8).
Put the queens on R1C3, R2C6, R3C8, R4C2, R5C4, R6C1, R7C5, R8C7. 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 #885?
Start with the Purple region. Together with the Orange and Blue regions it sits entirely in rows 1, 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those rows.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #885?
R1C3, R2C6, R3C8, R4C2, R5C4, R6C1, R7C5, R8C7. In words: row 1 is column 3, row 2 is column 6, row 3 is column 8, row 4 is column 2, row 5 is column 4, row 6 is column 1, row 7 is column 5, row 8 is column 7.