LinkedIn Queens answer for Sunday, October 11: #894
LinkedIn Queens #894 is the puzzle for Sunday, October 11, 2026: an 9x9 board with 9 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 9:54 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Sunday, October 11
The board
Purple20 squares
Orange9 squares
Blue8 squares
Green6 squares
Yellow7 squares
Red6 squares
Pink8 squares
Teal15 squares
Gray2 squares
Start with the Gray region. It sits entirely in row 9, so no other queen can go in row 9.
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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 Gray region sits entirely in row 9, so no other queen can go in row 9. The Green, Yellow, Red, Pink and Teal regions sit entirely in rows 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Blue and Gray regions sit entirely in columns 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those columns. A queen in row 2, column 1 would leave the Blue region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 5 would leave row 5 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 6 would leave row 5 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 7 would leave row 5 with no open square, so that square is out. Row 4 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in column 4 (Green region) (R4C4).
Step 2: The Yellow region sits entirely in column 7, so no other queen can go in column 7. A queen in row 5, column 6 would leave the Yellow region with no open square, so that square is out. Row 5 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in column 7 (Yellow region) (R5C7).
Step 3: Row 6 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in column 9 (Teal region) (R6C9).
Step 4: The Orange, Red and Pink regions sit entirely in columns 5, 6 and 8, so no other queen can go in those columns. A queen in row 2, column 2 would leave the Purple region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 7, column 6 would leave the Pink region with no open square, so that square is out. The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 8 (R8C8).
Step 5: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 5 (R7C5).
Step 6: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 6 (R1C6).
Step 7: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 1 (R3C1).
Step 8: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 3 (R2C3).
Step 9: The Gray region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 9, column 2 (R9C2).
Put the queens on R1C6, R2C3, R3C1, R4C4, R5C7, R6C9, R7C5, R8C8, R9C2. 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 #894?
Start with the Gray region. It sits entirely in row 9, so no other queen can go in row 9.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #894?
R1C6, R2C3, R3C1, R4C4, R5C7, R6C9, R7C5, R8C8, R9C2. In words: row 1 is column 6, row 2 is column 3, row 3 is column 1, row 4 is column 4, row 5 is column 7, row 6 is column 9, row 7 is column 5, row 8 is column 8, row 9 is column 2.
