LinkedIn Queens #893 answer — October 10, 2026

This Queens has exactly one solution, and you can reach it without guessing. Every step below follows from the rules. A “check” step shows why a queen can't go somewhere; it never asks you to gamble.

1. 1Where to lookShow hint

   Look at columns 8 and 9.
2. 2The first deductionShow hint

   The open cells of columns 8 and 9 all belong to the yellow and beige regions, so their queens sit in columns 8 and 9 and their other cells are empty.

   Pattern

   Pigeonhole: two columns in two regions. When the open cells of two columns all belong to the same two regions, those regions' queens are in those columns, so cross out the rest of those regions.
3. 3The first queenShow hint

   Column 7 has one open cell left, in row 3, so its queen goes there.

   Step 1 of the walkthrough rules out the cells marked ×.
4. 4Solve it step by stepShow hint

   Rows count from the top and columns from the left. Every queen rules out the rest of its row, its column and its color region, plus the eight cells around it.

   1. Pigeonhole: two columns in two regions. The open cells of columns 8 and 9 all belong to the yellow and beige regions, so their queens sit in columns 8 and 9 and their other cells are empty.
   2. Last open cell. Column 7 has one open cell left, in row 3, so its queen goes there.
   3. Last open cell. Column 6 has one open cell left, in row 5, so its queen goes there.
   4. A region trapped in one row. The green region lies entirely in row 4, so the queen of row 4 belongs to it and every other cell of row 4 is empty.
   5. A row trapped in one region. The open cells of row 9 all belong to the beige region, so its queen sits in row 9 and its other cells are empty.
   6. Last open cell. Row 8 has one open cell left, in column 4, so its queen goes there.
   7. Last open cell. Row 7 has one open cell left, in column 2, so its queen goes there.
   8. Last open cell. The green region has one open cell left (row 4, column 3), so its queen goes there.
   9. Last open cell. The purple region has one open cell left (row 2, column 5), so its queen goes there.
   10. Last open cell. The orange region has one open cell left (row 1, column 1), so its queen goes there.
   11. Last open cell. The yellow region has one open cell left (row 6, column 8), so its queen goes there.
   12. Last open cell. The beige region has one open cell left (row 9, column 9), so its queen goes there.
5. 5Queens #893 solutionShow answer

   Crowns in columns 1, 5, 7, 3, 6, 8, 2, 4, 9 (rows 1–9, top to bottom).