Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — January 13, 2026

Tuesday · 8×8 · Easy · Medium · 16 deductions

8 queens left to place.

Tap once to rule a cell out, twice to place a queen. Right-click marks an exclusion directly. Arrow keys move between cells.

A 8x8 board split into 8 colour regions, needing 8 queens: one per row, one per column, one per region, none touching. Regions run from 2 to 23 cells.

The daily board is the same for everyone and gets harder as the week goes on: Tuesday is set to easy. Every daily puzzle has one solution and needs no guessing.

How this board is solved

Solving this 8x8 board takes 16 deductions and needs the intermediate group-lock techniques, drawing on 4 distinct techniques. It opens on row 1, ruling cells out before any queen goes down. The queens resolve in the order H6 → A5 → B1 → G2 → F4 → D3 → C7 → E8. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (16 deductions)
  1. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 1, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 1. Rules out A1, D1, E1, F1, G1, H1.

  2. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 8, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 8. Rules out H2, H3, H4, H5, H8.

  3. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 2, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 2. Rules out A2, B2, C2, D2, F2.

  4. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 3, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 3. Rules out A3, B3, C3, F3, G3.

  5. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 7, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 7. Rules out A7, B7, E7, F7, G7, H7.

  6. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H6.

  7. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 4, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 4. Rules out A4, B4, C4.

  8. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 8, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 8. Rules out A8, B8.

  9. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Column 1 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A5. This reasons over column 1.

  10. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Column 2 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B1. This reasons over column 2.

  11. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out E2, D4, E4.

  12. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G2.

  13. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F4.

  14. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D3.

  15. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C7.

  16. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E8.

Answer: queens at H6, A5, B1, G2, F4, D3, C7, E8.