Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — June 3, 2026

Wednesday · 10×10 · Steady · Easy · 13 deductions

10 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 10x10 board split into 10 colour regions, needing 10 queens: one per row, one per column, one per region, none touching. Regions run from 1 to 31 cells.

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

How this board is solved

Solving this 10x10 board takes 13 deductions and needs only the basic deductions, drawing on 4 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is F2. The queens resolve in the order F2 → D10 → G9 → E7 → J6 → B5 → A8 → H4 → I1 → C3. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (13 deductions)
  1. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F2.

  2. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D10.

  3. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G9.

  4. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 5, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 5. Rules out E4, E5, E6.

  5. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 8, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 8. Rules out C8, E8, I8, J8.

  6. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E7.

  7. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at J6.

  8. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B5.

  9. Forced queen essential

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

  10. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 9, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 9. Rules out I4.

  11. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Row 4 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H4. This reasons over row 4.

  12. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at I1.

  13. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C3.

Answer: queens at F2, D10, G9, E7, J6, B5, A8, H4, I1, C3.