Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — February 1, 2026

Sunday · 14×14 · Toughest · Medium · 22 deductions

14 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 14x14 board split into 14 colour regions, needing 14 queens: one per row, one per column, one per region, none touching. Regions run from 1 to 50 cells.

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

How this board is solved

Solving this 14x14 board takes 22 deductions and needs the intermediate group-lock techniques, drawing on 7 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is G8. The queens resolve in the order G8 → C12 → M14 → I9 → F10 → H6 → E4 → K1 → J3 → N5 → L11 → A13 → B2 → D7. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (22 deductions)
  1. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G8.

  2. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C12.

  3. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at M14.

  4. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 9, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 9. Rules out I1, I2, I3, I4, I5, I6, I7, I11 and 1 more.

  5. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 10, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 10. Rules out J1, J4, J5, J6, J7, J9, J10, J11 and 1 more.

  6. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 10, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 10. Rules out A10, B10, D10, E10, I10, K10, L10, N10.

  7. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at I9.

  8. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F10.

  9. Line uses one region intermediate

    Line uses one region. 1 rows can only be filled by 1 colours, using them up. This reasons over row 13. Rules out A11, H11, K11.

  10. Line uses one region intermediate

    Line uses one region. 1 rows can only be filled by 1 colours, using them up. This reasons over row 11. Rules out K6, L6, N6, K7, L7, N7.

  11. Line uses one region intermediate

    Line uses one region. 1 rows can only be filled by 1 colours, using them up. This reasons over row 7. Rules out D2, D5, E5, A6, B6, D6, E6.

  12. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Row 6 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H6. This reasons over row 6.

  13. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E4.

  14. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out K2, K3.

  15. Split-line region lock intermediate

    Split-line region lock. 2 colours fit in only 2 columns, reserving them. This reasons over column 12 and column 14. Rules out L1, L3, N1, N2.

  16. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at K1.

  17. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at J3.

  18. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at N5.

  19. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at L11.

  20. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A13.

  21. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B2.

  22. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D7.

Answer: queens at G8, C12, M14, I9, F10, H6, E4, K1, J3, N5, L11, A13, B2, D7.