LinkedIn Queens #906 answer — October 23, 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 column 1.
2. 2The first deductionShow hint

   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.

   Pattern

   A column trapped in one region. When every open cell of a column is the same color, that region's queen is in the column, so cross out the rest of the region.
3. 3The first queenShow hint

   Row 2 has one open cell left, in column 2, 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 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.
   2. A column trapped in one region. The open cells of column 2 all belong to the gray region, so its queen sits in column 2 and its other cells are empty.
   3. A column trapped in one region. The open cells of column 8 all belong to the beige region, so its queen sits in column 8 and its other cells are empty.
   4. A column trapped in one region. The open cells of column 7 all belong to the red region, so its queen sits in column 7 and its other cells are empty.
   5. A column trapped in one region. The open cells of column 6 all belong to the green region, so its queen sits in column 6 and its other cells are empty.
   6. Pigeonhole: two rows in two regions. The open cells of rows 1 and 8 all belong to the yellow and beige regions, so their queens sit in rows 1 and 8 and their other cells are empty.
   7. Last open cell. Row 2 has one open cell left, in column 2, so its queen goes there.
   8. Last open cell. The yellow region has one open cell left (row 8, column 1), so its queen goes there.
   9. Last open cell. The beige region has one open cell left (row 1, column 8), so its queen goes there.
   10. No-touching check. A queen at row 4 or 5, column 4 would leave the purple region with no open cell, so both cells stay empty.
   11. A region trapped in one column. The orange region lies entirely in column 5, so the queen of column 5 belongs to it and every other cell of column 5 is empty.
   12. No-touching check. A queen at row 4, column 5 would leave row 3 with no open cell, so that cell stays empty.
   13. Last open cell. The orange region has one open cell left (row 5, column 5), so its queen goes there.
   14. Last open cell. The green region has one open cell left (row 3, column 6), so its queen goes there.
   15. Last open cell. The purple region has one open cell left (row 4, column 3), so its queen goes there.
   16. Last open cell. The blue region has one open cell left (row 7, column 4), so its queen goes there.
   17. Last open cell. The red region has one open cell left (row 6, column 7), so its queen goes there.
5. 5Queens #906 solutionShow answer

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