Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — May 30, 2026

Saturday · 13×13 · Tough · Easy · 18 deductions

13 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 13x13 board split into 13 colour regions, needing 13 queens: one per row, one per column, one per region, none touching. Regions run from 1 to 30 cells.

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

How this board is solved

Solving this 13x13 board takes 18 deductions and needs only the basic deductions, drawing on 3 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is I1. The queens resolve in the order I1 → F11 → K2 → D3 → J10 → E9 → C8 → B12 → H13 → L7 → G4 → M5 → A6. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (18 deductions)
  1. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at I1.

  2. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F11.

  3. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at K2.

  4. Forced queen essential

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

  5. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at J10.

  6. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 13, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 13. Rules out A13, B13, C13, L13, M13.

  7. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 12, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 12. Rules out A12, H12, L12, M12.

  8. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 9, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 9. Rules out A9, B9, C9, H9, L9, M9.

  9. 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, G8, H8, L8, M8.

  10. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 7, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 7. Rules out G5, G6, G9, G13.

  11. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E9.

  12. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C8.

  13. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B12.

  14. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H13.

  15. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at L7.

  16. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G4.

  17. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at M5.

  18. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A6.

Answer: queens at I1, F11, K2, D3, J10, E9, C8, B12, H13, L7, G4, M5, A6.