Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — August 30, 2026

Sunday · 14×14 · Toughest · Medium · 29 deductions

14 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 14x14 board split into 14 colour regions, needing 14 queens: one per row, one per column, one per region, none touching. Regions run from 1 to 44 cells.

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

How this board is solved

Solving this 14x14 board takes 29 deductions and needs the intermediate group-lock techniques, drawing on 8 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is M14. The queens resolve in the order M14 → D3 → F4 → C5 → K10 → L2 → H12 → E13 → N11 → G9 → I8 → J6 → A7 → B1. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (29 deductions)
  1. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at M14.

  2. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 4, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 4. Rules out D1, D2, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10 and 3 more.

  3. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use column 6, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 6. Rules out F1, F2, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10 and 3 more.

  4. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out C3, E3, C4, E4.

  5. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 5, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 5. Rules out A5, B5, G5, H5, I5, J5, K5, L5 and 1 more.

  6. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out G3, G4.

  7. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out D4.

  8. Forced queen essential

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

  9. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F4.

  10. Forced queen essential

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

  11. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out H11.

  12. Two-region group lock intermediate

    Two-region group lock. 2 colours fit in only 2 rows, reserving them. This reasons over row 1 and row 2. Rules out G1, H1, I1, J1, K1, L1, H2, I2 and 3 more.

  13. 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 9. Rules out E6, E7, E8, E9, G6, G7, G8, G10 and 7 more.

  14. Split-line region lock intermediate

    Split-line region lock. 2 colours fit in only 2 columns, reserving them. This reasons over column 14 and column 12. Rules out N6, N7, N8, N9, N10, L6, L7, L8 and 3 more.

  15. Two-region group lock intermediate

    Two-region group lock. 2 colours fit in only 2 rows, reserving them. This reasons over row 11 and row 12. Rules out A11, B11, E11, I11, J11, K11, A12, B12 and 4 more.

  16. 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, H13, I13, J13, K13.

  17. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at K10.

  18. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Column 12 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at L2. This reasons over column 12.

  19. 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 10. Rules out H6.

  20. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out I6, I7.

  21. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out H8, H9.

  22. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Column 8 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H12. This reasons over column 8.

  23. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E13.

  24. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at N11.

  25. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Column 7 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G9. This reasons over column 7.

  26. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at I8.

  27. Forced queen essential

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

  28. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A7.

  29. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B1.

Answer: queens at M14, D3, F4, C5, K10, L2, H12, E13, N11, G9, I8, J6, A7, B1.