LinkedIn Queens answer for Tuesday, November 3: #917
LinkedIn Queens #917 is the puzzle for Tuesday, November 3, 2026: an 7x7 board with 7 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 12:03 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Tuesday, November 3
The board
Purple2 squares
Orange28 squares
Blue3 squares
Green3 squares
Yellow8 squares
Red3 squares
Pink2 squares
Start with the Purple region. It sits entirely in row 1, so no other queen can go in row 1.
0 of 7 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 region sits entirely in row 1, so no other queen can go in row 1. The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 7 (R2C7).
Step 2: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 6 (R7C6).
Step 3: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 5 (R5C5).
Step 4: Column 4 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3 (Green region) (R3C4).
Step 5: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 2 (R4C2).
Step 6: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 1 (R1C1).
Step 7: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 3 (R6C3).
Put the queens on R1C1, R2C7, R3C4, R4C2, R5C5, R6C3, R7C6. That is one queen in every row, every column and every one of the 7 color regions, and no two queens touch.
Which region do you start with in Queens #917?
Start with the Purple region. It sits entirely in row 1, so no other queen can go in row 1.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #917?
R1C1, R2C7, R3C4, R4C2, R5C5, R6C3, R7C6. In words: row 1 is column 1, row 2 is column 7, row 3 is column 4, row 4 is column 2, row 5 is column 5, row 6 is column 3, row 7 is column 6.