Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — March 9, 2026

Monday · 8×8 · Gentle · Medium · 10 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 30 cells.

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

How this board is solved

Solving this 8x8 board takes 10 deductions and needs the intermediate group-lock techniques, drawing on 4 distinct techniques. It opens on column 8, ruling cells out before any queen goes down. The queens resolve in the order G3 → H1 → B5 → C2 → A8 → D7 → E4 → F6. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (10 deductions)
  1. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 8, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 8. Rules out H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8.

  2. 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 4. Rules out A1, B1, D1, E1, F1, G1, A2, D2 and 14 more.

  3. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Row 3 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G3. This reasons over row 3.

  4. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H1.

  5. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Row 5 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B5. This reasons over row 5.

  6. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C2.

  7. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A8.

  8. Forced queen essential

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

  9. Forced queen essential

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

  10. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F6.

Answer: queens at G3, H1, B5, C2, A8, D7, E4, F6.