Daily Queens Puzzle — June 6, 2026

Saturday · 12×12 · Tough · Hard · 20 deductions

12 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 12x12 board split into 12 colour regions, needing 12 queens: one per row, one per column, one per region, none touching. Regions run from 1 to 37 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 12x12 board takes 20 deductions and needs expert techniques, including testing a queen, drawing on 8 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is D3. The queens resolve in the order D3 → K5 → L7 → C11 → A4 → I6 → H1 → F2 → G10 → E12 → B8 → J9. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (20 deductions)

Single-cell region essential
Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D3.
Single-cell region essential
Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at K5.
Single-cell region essential
Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at L7.
Single-cell region essential
Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C11.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A4.
Region line lock essential
Region line lock. This colour must use row 2, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 2. Rules out B2, H2, I2, J2.
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, I9, I10, I12.
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, J10.
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 1. Rules out G6, H6.
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 10. Rules out B6, E6, F6, E8, F8, G8, H8, F9 and 5 more.
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 I6. This reasons over row 6.
Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate
Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out F1, G1.
Split-line region lock intermediate
Split-line region lock. 2 colours fit in only 2 columns, reserving them. This reasons over column 2 and column 5. Rules out B1, E1, E10.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H1.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F2.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G10.
Ruled out either way expert
Ruled out either way. These cells are ruled out no matter where this colour's queen goes. Rules out B9.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E12.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B8.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at J9.

Answer: queens at D3, K5, L7, C11, A4, I6, H1, F2, G10, E12, B8, J9.