LinkedIn Queens #905 answer — October 22, 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 green region.
2. 2The first deductionShow hint

   The green region lies entirely in row 3, so the queen of row 3 belongs to it and every other cell of row 3 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

   Column 2 has one open cell left, in row 6, so its queen goes there.

   Steps 1–6 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 green region lies entirely in row 3, so the queen of row 3 belongs to it and every other cell of row 3 is empty.
   2. A region trapped in one row. The beige region lies entirely in row 7, so the queen of row 7 belongs to it and every other cell of row 7 is empty.
   3. A row trapped in one region. The open cells of row 1 all belong to the purple region, so its queen sits in row 1 and its other cells are empty.
   4. A row trapped in one region. The open cells of row 2 all belong to the orange region, so its queen sits in row 2 and its other cells are empty.
   5. A row trapped in one region. The open cells of row 8 all belong to the red region, so its queen sits in row 8 and its other cells are empty.
   6. Pigeonhole: two columns in two regions. The open cells of columns 1 and 8 all belong to the purple and red regions, so their queens sit in columns 1 and 8 and their other cells are empty.
   7. Last open cell. Column 2 has one open cell left, in row 6, so its queen goes there.
   8. Last open cell. Column 3 has one open cell left, in row 4, so its queen goes there.
   9. Last open cell. Column 4 has one open cell left, in row 7, so its queen goes there.
   10. Last open cell. Column 7 has one open cell left, in row 2, so its queen goes there.
   11. Last open cell. The purple region has one open cell left (row 1, column 1), so its queen goes there.
   12. Last open cell. The green region has one open cell left (row 3, column 5), so its queen goes there.
   13. Last open cell. The gray region has one open cell left (row 5, column 6), so its queen goes there.
   14. Last open cell. The red region has one open cell left (row 8, column 8), so its queen goes there.
5. 5Queens #905 solutionShow answer

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