LinkedIn Queens #894 answer — October 11, 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 the pink region.
2. 2The first deductionShow hint

   The pink region lies entirely in row 9, so the queen of row 9 belongs to it and every other cell of row 9 is empty.

   Pattern

   A region trapped in one row. When a whole color region sits in one row, that row's queen has to be in it, so cross out the rest of the row.
3. 3The first queenShow hint

   Row 4 has one open cell left, in column 4, so its queen goes there.

   Steps 1–5 of the walkthrough rule 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. A region trapped in one row. The pink region lies entirely in row 9, so the queen of row 9 belongs to it and every other cell of row 9 is empty.
   2. Pigeonhole: three rows in three regions. The open cells of rows 1, 2, and 3 all belong to the purple, orange, and blue regions, so their queens sit in rows 1, 2, and 3 and their other cells are empty.
   3. Pigeonhole: two regions in two columns. The blue and pink regions lie entirely within columns 2 and 3, so the queens of those columns belong to them and every other cell of columns 2 and 3 is empty.
   4. No-touching check. A queen at row 2, column 1 would leave the blue region with no open cell, so that cell stays empty.
   5. No-touching check. A queen at row 4, column 5, 6, or 7 would leave row 5 with no open cell, so those cells stay empty.
   6. Last open cell. Row 4 has one open cell left, in column 4, so its queen goes there.
   7. A region trapped in one column. The gray region lies entirely in column 7, so the queen of column 7 belongs to it and every other cell of column 7 is empty.
   8. No-touching check. A queen at row 5 or 6, column 6 would leave the gray region with no open cell, so both cells stay empty.
   9. Last open cell. Row 5 has one open cell left, in column 7, so its queen goes there.
   10. Last open cell. Row 6 has one open cell left, in column 9, so its queen goes there.
   11. A column trapped in one region. The open cells of column 1 all belong to the purple region, so its queen sits in column 1 and its other cells are empty.
   12. No-touching check. A queen at row 2, column 2 would leave the purple region with no open cell, so that cell stays empty.
   13. No-touching check. A queen at row 7, column 6 would leave the yellow region with no open cell, so that cell stays empty.
   14. Last open cell. The red region has one open cell left (row 8, column 8), so its queen goes there.
   15. Last open cell. The yellow region has one open cell left (row 7, column 5), so its queen goes there.
   16. Last open cell. The orange region has one open cell left (row 1, column 6), so its queen goes there.
   17. Last open cell. The purple region has one open cell left (row 3, column 1), so its queen goes there.
   18. Last open cell. The blue region has one open cell left (row 2, column 3), so its queen goes there.
   19. Last open cell. The pink region has one open cell left (row 9, column 2), so its queen goes there.
5. 5Queens #894 solutionShow answer

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