Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — November 1, 2026

Sunday · 14×14 · Toughest · Medium · 23 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 4 to 26 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 23 deductions and needs the intermediate group-lock techniques, drawing on 7 distinct techniques. It opens by ruling cells out rather than placing a queen. The queens resolve in the order E11 → B10 → L9 → N8 → G3 → I13 → H5 → F7 → K12 → D14 → C6 → M4 → J1 → A2. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (23 deductions)
  1. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out C14.

  2. Two-region group lock intermediate

    Two-region group lock. 2 colours fit in only 2 rows, reserving them. This reasons over row 13 and row 14. Rules out A13, E13, F13, G13, H13, K13, L13, M13 and 11 more.

  3. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 12, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 12. Rules out A12, B12, C12, D12, E12, F12, G12, H12 and 4 more.

  4. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E11.

  5. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B10.

  6. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at L9.

  7. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at N8.

  8. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 7, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 7. Rules out A7, C7, D7, G7, J7, K7.

  9. 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 C1, C2, C5, D1, D2, F1, G1, G2.

  10. 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 7. Rules out C3, C4, D3, D4, F2, F3, F4, F6 and 7 more.

  11. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out J13.

  12. Multi-region group lock intermediate

    Multi-region group lock. 3 colours fit in only 3 rows, reserving them. This reasons over row 4 and row 5 and row 6. Rules out A4, G4, K4, A5, G5, A6, G6.

  13. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G3.

  14. Split-line region lock intermediate

    Split-line region lock. 3 colours fit in only 3 columns, reserving them. This reasons over column 10 and column 11 and column 13. Rules out J4, J5, J6, J14, K5, K14.

  15. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at I13.

  16. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H5.

  17. Forced queen essential

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

  18. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at K12.

  19. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D14.

  20. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C6.

  21. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at M4.

  22. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at J1.

  23. Forced queen essential

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

Answer: queens at E11, B10, L9, N8, G3, I13, H5, F7, K12, D14, C6, M4, J1, A2.