LinkedIn Queens puzzle #899 for October 16, 2026: spoiler-free hints first, then the complete solution when you want it.
This is an earlier Queens puzzle. Latest Queens Answer: #927 (Nov 13)
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Reveal Hint #1Hint #1
Start with the small orange, red and grey regions. Their queens sharply restrict the neighbouring rows and columns.
Reveal Hint #2Hint #2
The orange queen is in the top row. The red queen goes in row 4, and the grey queen goes in row 5.
Reveal Hint #3Hint #3
The first four rows use columns 7, 5, 3 and 8. In the bottom half, the purple queen is in row 6 and the yellow queen is in the bottom-left corner.
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Queens #899 Solution
Queen positions (row, column): R1C7, R2C5, R3C3, R4C8, R5C4, R6C2, R7C6, R8C1.
How to Solve Queens #899
- Top half: place queens at R1C7, R2C5, R3C3 and R4C8. These fill the orange, green, blue and red regions.
- The grey region takes R5C4, followed by the purple queen at R6C2.
- Finish with R7C6 in the beige region and R8C1 in the yellow region.
- Every row, column and colour region contains one queen. Queens in consecutive rows are more than one column apart, so none touch diagonally.
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