Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — January 27, 2026

Tuesday · 8×8 · Easy · Hard · 17 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 1 to 16 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 17 deductions and needs expert techniques, including testing a queen, drawing on 8 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is H2. The queens resolve in the order H2 → G8 → A7 → D1 → C5 → B3 → F4 → E6. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (17 deductions)
  1. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H2.

  2. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G8.

  3. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

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

  4. Lines use the same regions intermediate

    Lines use the same regions. 2 rows can only be filled by 2 colours, using them up. This reasons over row 6 and row 7. Rules out A3, A4, A5.

  5. Ruled out either way expert

    Ruled out either way. These cells are ruled out no matter where this colour's queen goes. Rules out C1.

  6. Ruled out either way expert

    Ruled out either way. These cells are ruled out no matter where this colour's queen goes. Rules out C3, D5.

  7. 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, B1.

  8. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 2, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 2. Rules out B6, B7.

  9. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 6, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 6. Rules out A6, C6, D6.

  10. 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 A7. This reasons over column 1.

  11. Line uses one region intermediate

    Line uses one region. 1 columns can only be filled by 1 colours, using them up. This reasons over column 3. Rules out D3, D4.

  12. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Column 4 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D1. This reasons over column 4.

  13. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out C4.

  14. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C5.

  15. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B3.

  16. Forced queen essential

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

  17. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E6.

Answer: queens at H2, G8, A7, D1, C5, B3, F4, E6.