Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — August 11, 2026

Tuesday · 8×8 · Easy · Hard · 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 1 to 15 cells.

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

How this board is solved

Solving this 8x8 board takes 10 deductions and needs expert techniques, including testing a queen, drawing on 5 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is D1. The queens resolve in the order D1 → G4 → F6 → C5 → E3 → B7 → A2 → H8. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (10 deductions)
  1. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D1.

  2. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G4.

  3. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F6.

  4. Line uses one region intermediate

    Line uses one region. 1 columns can only be filled by 1 colours, using them up. This reasons over column 1. Rules out B5, B8.

  5. Ruled out either way expert

    Ruled out either way. These cells are ruled out no matter where this colour's queen goes. Rules out A3, B3, C3.

  6. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C5.

  7. 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 E3. This reasons over row 3.

  8. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B7.

  9. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A2.

  10. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H8.

Answer: queens at D1, G4, F6, C5, E3, B7, A2, H8.