Daily Queens Puzzle — June 10, 2026

Wednesday · 9×9 · Steady · Hard · 20 deductions

9 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 9x9 board split into 9 colour regions, needing 9 queens: one per row, one per column, one per region, none touching. Regions run from 2 to 20 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 9x9 board takes 20 deductions and needs expert techniques, including testing a queen, drawing on 6 distinct techniques. It opens on column 9, ruling cells out before any queen goes down. The queens resolve in the order A8 → B6 → G5 → D4 → H3 → I1 → F7 → E2 → C9. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (20 deductions)

Region line lock essential
Region line lock. This colour must use column 9, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 9. Rules out I3, I4, I5, I6, I7, I8, I9.
Region line lock essential
Region line lock. This colour must use column 1, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 1. Rules out A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A9.
Region line lock essential
Region line lock. This colour must use column 2, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 2. Rules out B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B8, B9.
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 9. Rules out D6, E6, C7, D7, E7, C8, D8, E8 and 1 more.
Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate
Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out H1, H2.
Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate
Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out C6, A7.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A8.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B6.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G5.
Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate
Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out C3, D3.
Ruled out either way expert
Ruled out either way. These cells are ruled out no matter where this colour's queen goes. Rules out D1, D2, C4.
Ruled out either way expert
Ruled out either way. These cells are ruled out no matter where this colour's queen goes. Rules out F1.
Ruled out either way expert
Ruled out either way. These cells are ruled out no matter where this colour's queen goes. Rules out F3.
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 3. Rules out E4.
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 D4. This reasons over row 4.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H3.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at I1.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F7.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E2.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C9.

Answer: queens at A8, B6, G5, D4, H3, I1, F7, E2, C9.