LinkedIn Queens #899 answer — October 16, 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 red region.
2. 2The first deductionShow hint

   The red region lies entirely in column 8, so the queen of column 8 belongs to it and every other cell of column 8 is empty.

   Pattern

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

   The orange region has one open cell left (row 1, column 7), 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. A region trapped in one column. The red region lies entirely in column 8, so the queen of column 8 belongs to it and every other cell of column 8 is empty.
   2. Last open cell. The orange region has one open cell left (row 1, column 7), so its queen goes there.
   3. Pigeonhole: two regions in two rows. The gray and red regions lie entirely within rows 4 and 5, so the queens of those rows belong to them and every other cell of rows 4 and 5 is empty.
   4. Pigeonhole: two regions in two rows. The blue and green regions lie entirely within rows 2 and 3, so the queens of those rows belong to them and every other cell of rows 2 and 3 is empty.
   5. A column trapped in one region. The open cells of column 1 all belong to the yellow region, so its queen sits in column 1 and its other cells are empty.
   6. Last open cell. Column 2 has one open cell left, in row 6, so its queen goes there.
   7. Last open cell. The yellow region has one open cell left (row 8, column 1), so its queen goes there.
   8. Last open cell. Column 3 has one open cell left, in row 3, so its queen goes there.
   9. Last open cell. The green region has one open cell left (row 2, column 5), so its queen goes there.
   10. Last open cell. The gray region has one open cell left (row 5, column 4), so its queen goes there.
   11. Last open cell. The red region has one open cell left (row 4, column 8), so its queen goes there.
   12. Last open cell. The beige region has one open cell left (row 7, column 6), so its queen goes there.
5. 5Queens #899 solutionShow answer

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