LinkedIn Queens #908 answer — October 25, 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 6 has one open cell left, in column 7, so its queen goes there.

   Steps 1–7 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. 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.
   3. A column trapped in one region. The open cells of column 2 all belong to the yellow region, so its queen sits in column 2 and its other cells are empty.
   4. A column trapped in one region. The open cells of column 9 all belong to the blue region, so its queen sits in column 9 and its other cells are empty.
   5. Pigeonhole: three regions in three rows. The gray, red, and yellow regions lie entirely within rows 4, 5, and 6, so the queens of those rows belong to them and every other cell of rows 4, 5, and 6 is empty.
   6. No-touching check. A queen at row 5, column 6 would leave the gray region with no open cell, so that cell stays empty.
   7. No-touching check. A queen at row 6, column 5 would leave the beige region with no open cell, so that cell stays empty.
   8. Last open cell. Row 6 has one open cell left, in column 7, so its queen goes there.
   9. Last open cell. Column 8 has one open cell left, in row 2, so its queen goes there.
   10. Last open cell. Column 6 has one open cell left, in row 9, so its queen goes there.
   11. Last open cell. Column 3 has one open cell left, in row 1, so its queen goes there.
   12. Last open cell. Row 3 has one open cell left, in column 1, so its queen goes there.
   13. Last open cell. The yellow region has one open cell left (row 5, column 2), so its queen goes there.
   14. Last open cell. The red region has one open cell left (row 4, column 5), so its queen goes there.
   15. Last open cell. The beige region has one open cell left (row 7, column 4), so its queen goes there.
   16. Last open cell. The blue region has one open cell left (row 8, column 9), so its queen goes there.
5. 5Queens #908 solutionShow answer

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