LinkedIn Queens answer for Saturday, October 31: #914
LinkedIn Queens #914 is the puzzle for Saturday, October 31, 2026: an 9x9 board with 9 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 12:02 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Saturday, October 31
The board
Purple3 squares
Orange32 squares
Blue4 squares
Green4 squares
Yellow14 squares
Red7 squares
Pink3 squares
Teal6 squares
Gray8 squares
Start with the Purple region. Together with the Pink region it sits entirely in rows 4 and 5, 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 Purple and Pink regions sit entirely in rows 4 and 5, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Green and Teal regions sit entirely in rows 1 and 2, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Blue and Gray regions sit entirely in columns 8 and 9, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Teal region sits entirely in row 1, so no other queen can go in row 1. The Purple, Green, Red, Pink and Teal regions sit entirely in columns 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Orange region sits entirely in column 2, so no other queen can go in column 2. A queen in row 1, column 5 would leave the Green region with no open square, so that square is out. The Purple and Teal regions sit entirely in columns 6 and 7, so no other queen can go in those columns. A queen in row 6, column 2 would leave column 3 with no open square, so that square is out. The Orange and Red regions sit entirely in rows 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Blue region sits entirely in row 9, so no other queen can go in row 9. A queen in row 7, column 3 would leave the Orange region with no open square, so that square is out. Column 3 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5 (Pink region) (R5C3).
Step 2: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 7 (R4C7).
Step 3: The Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 6 (R1C6).
Step 4: The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 4 (R2C4).
Step 5: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 5 (R8C5).
Step 6: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 2 (R7C2).
Step 7: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 1 (R3C1).
Step 8: The Gray region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 9 (R6C9).
Step 9: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 9, column 8 (R9C8).
Put the queens on R1C6, R2C4, R3C1, R4C7, R5C3, R6C9, R7C2, R8C5, R9C8. 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 #914?
Start with the Purple region. Together with the Pink region it sits entirely in rows 4 and 5, so no other queen can go in those rows.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #914?
R1C6, R2C4, R3C1, R4C7, R5C3, R6C9, R7C2, R8C5, R9C8. In words: row 1 is column 6, row 2 is column 4, row 3 is column 1, row 4 is column 7, row 5 is column 3, row 6 is column 9, row 7 is column 2, row 8 is column 5, row 9 is column 8.
