Today’s Queens puzzle has a 9×9 board and nine colored regions. Try the progressive hints before opening the placement list and solved board.
This is an earlier Queens puzzle. Latest Queens Answer: #927 (Nov 13)
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Reveal Hint #1Hint #1
The upper pink and beige regions are narrow. Compare their possible columns before placing a queen.
Reveal Hint #2Hint #2
The lower blue region uses rows 7–9 near the right edge. Keep a column free for it.
Reveal Hint #3Hint #3
The first three queen columns are 6, 4 and 1. Use the no-touch rule when checking the next row.
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Queens #914 Solution
Queen positions (row, column): R1C6, R2C4, R3C1, R4C7, R5C3, R6C9, R7C2, R8C5, R9C8.
How to Solve Queens #914
The Queens #914 answer for October 31, 2026 is R1C6, R2C4, R3C1, R4C7, R5C3, R6C9, R7C2, R8C5, R9C8.
- Place the top three queens at R1C6, R2C4, R3C1. They occupy the beige, pink and gray regions.
- The middle placements are R4C7, R5C3, R6C9, in the lavender, coral and green regions.
- Finish with R7C2, R8C5, R9C8, in the orange, yellow and blue regions.
- Read the columns from top to bottom: 6, 4, 1, 7, 3, 9, 2, 5, 8. Each appears once.
There is one queen in every row, column and colored region. Queens in neighboring rows differ by more than one column, so none touch diagonally. Longer diagonals are allowed in LinkedIn Queens; only touching queens are forbidden. Compare the coordinate labels with the solved image to avoid reversing rows and columns.
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