Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — October 20, 2026

Tuesday · 8×8 · Easy · Hard · 13 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 16 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 13 deductions and needs expert techniques, including testing a queen, drawing on 6 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is H1. The queens resolve in the order H1 → B6 → G5 → E4 → A3 → C8 → F7 → D2. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (13 deductions)
  1. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H1.

  2. Single-cell region essential

    Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B6.

  3. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G5.

  4. 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 7. Rules out E8, F8.

  5. 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 8. Rules out A4.

  6. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out E2, E3.

  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. 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, C4.

  9. 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 E4. This reasons over row 4.

  10. 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 A3. This reasons over row 3.

  11. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Column 3 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C8. This reasons over column 3.

  12. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F7.

  13. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D2.

Answer: queens at H1, B6, G5, E4, A3, C8, F7, D2.