LinkedIn Queens answer for Friday, November 6: #920
LinkedIn Queens #920 is the puzzle for Friday, November 6, 2026: an 8x8 board with 8 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 11:05 PM PT, Nov 6
Puzzle date Friday, November 6
The board
Purple6 squares
Orange6 squares
Blue6 squares
Green6 squares
Yellow6 squares
Red27 squares
Pink3 squares
Teal4 squares
Start with the Blue region. Together with the Green and Teal regions it sits entirely in columns 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those columns.
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 Blue, Green and Teal regions sit entirely in columns 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Yellow region sits entirely in column 5, so no other queen can go in column 5. The Purple and Pink regions sit entirely in columns 3 and 4, 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. The Purple, Blue, Green and Pink regions sit entirely in rows 2, 3, 4 and 5, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 2 (R6C2).
Step 2: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 5 (R1C5).
Step 3: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 1 (R8C1).
Step 4: The Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 8 (R7C8).
Step 5: The Purple region sits entirely in row 4, so no other queen can go in row 4. The Blue and Pink regions sit entirely in rows 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those rows. A queen in row 3, column 3 would leave the Purple region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 3, column 4 would leave the Purple region with no open square, so that square is out. The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 3 (R2C3).
Step 6: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 4 (R4C4).
Step 7: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 6 (R3C6).
Step 8: The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 7 (R5C7).
Put the queens on R1C5, R2C3, R3C6, R4C4, R5C7, R6C2, R7C8, R8C1. 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 #920?
Start with the Blue region. Together with the Green and Teal regions it sits entirely in columns 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those columns.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #920?
R1C5, R2C3, R3C6, R4C4, R5C7, R6C2, R7C8, R8C1. In words: row 1 is column 5, row 2 is column 3, row 3 is column 6, row 4 is column 4, row 5 is column 7, row 6 is column 2, row 7 is column 8, row 8 is column 1.
