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Queens

Place one crown in every row, column and colour region, with no two crowns touching.

Every day: One new coloured-region board each day, the same for every player, with your solve time compared against your connections. New puzzle: Midnight Pacific Time.

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A Queens grid with coloured regions being filled with crowns

Queens is LinkedIn's daily logic puzzle on a grid split into coloured regions. You place crowns so that every row, every column and every region holds exactly one, and no two crowns sit next to each other, even diagonally. Your time goes on a leaderboard with your connections, and a new board appears every day.

About Queens

Queens is one of the three games LinkedIn launched at the end of April 2024, alongside Pinpoint and Crossclimb, as part of LinkedIn News. The idea was to give members a short thinking break during the day and something to compare with colleagues. LinkedIn has since added more puzzles, including Tango and Zip, but Queens is still the one many people start with.

Each day you get a square grid divided into irregular coloured regions. Your job is to put a crown in exactly one cell of each row, each column and each colour. Crowns may not touch in any direction, corners included. Tapping a cell cycles it between empty, an X that marks it as ruled out, and a crown, so most of the solving happens by crossing out cells until only one place is left.

The puzzle is pure deduction: there is one solution and you can reach it without guessing. A hint button points at a region where a crown must go or shows a wrong placement, and settings can check for rule breaks or place the Xs around each crown for you. When you finish, you see your time against all players, your company and your connections, and your daily streak.

Queens suits anyone who likes sudoku but wants something lighter on rules and quicker to finish. Anyone can play in a browser without signing in, but you need a LinkedIn account to keep a streak or appear on leaderboards.

How to play Queens

  1. Open Queens on LinkedIn and press Start game.
  2. Look at the grid and its coloured regions; each row, column and region needs exactly one crown.
  3. Tap a cell once to mark it with an X, or twice to place a crown.
  4. Rule out every cell in the same row, column and region as a crown, plus the eight cells around it.
  5. Keep placing crowns where only one cell is left for a row, column or region until the grid is full.

Tips

  • Start with the smallest regions; a region of one or two cells pins its crown down quickly.
  • If two regions sit entirely inside the same two rows or columns, no other region can use those rows or columns.
  • Turn on Auto-place X's in the settings so the cells around each crown are crossed out for you.
  • When a region lies in a single row or column, the rest of that row or column can be crossed out.
  • Look for cells that would block a whole region if a crown went there, and cross them out.

Questions

What time does Queens reset?

A new puzzle comes out every day at midnight Pacific Time, and the previous one can no longer be played.

Do I need a LinkedIn account to play Queens?

No. You can play as a guest in a browser, but your score is only kept for 30 minutes and you cannot keep a streak or join leaderboards.

Is Queens free?

Yes. Queens and the other LinkedIn games are free on the website and in the LinkedIn app.

Can two crowns touch diagonally?

No. Crowns cannot sit in neighbouring cells in any direction, including corners.

What happens if I miss a day?

Your streak ends unless you have a streak freeze. You earn one by winning five days in a row and can hold up to two.

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