Daily Queens Puzzle — September 20, 2026

Sunday · 14×14 · Toughest · Medium · 20 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 32 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 20 deductions and needs the intermediate group-lock techniques, drawing on 6 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is D1. The queens resolve in the order D1 → E11 → N2 → L3 → J4 → M10 → I14 → A12 → F13 → C6 → K7 → G5 → H8 → B9. 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 D1.
Single-cell region essential
Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E11.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at N2.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at L3.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at J4.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at M10.
Region line lock essential
Region line lock. This colour must use column 7, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 7. Rules out G7, G8, G9, G12, G13, G14.
Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate
Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out F5, H5, F6, H6.
Region line lock essential
Region line lock. This colour must use column 11, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 11. Rules out K8, K9, K12, K13, K14.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at I14.
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 2. Rules out A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, C5, C7, C9 and 2 more.
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 C12, H12.
Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate
Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out B12, B13.
Last cell in a line essential
Last cell in a line. Row 12 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A12. This reasons over row 12.
Last cell in a line essential
Last cell in a line. Row 13 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F13. This reasons over row 13.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C6.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at K7.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G5.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H8.
Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B9.

Answer: queens at D1, E11, N2, L3, J4, M10, I14, A12, F13, C6, K7, G5, H8, B9.