Queens Grid

Daily Queens Puzzle — November 11, 2026

Wednesday · 9×9 · Steady · Hard · 17 deductions

9 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 9x9 board split into 9 colour regions, needing 9 queens: one per row, one per column, one per region, none touching. Regions run from 2 to 21 cells.

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

How this board is solved

Solving this 9x9 board takes 17 deductions and needs expert techniques, including testing a queen, drawing on 6 distinct techniques. It opens on row 1, ruling cells out before any queen goes down. The queens resolve in the order D8 → B7 → C2 → E1 → F6 → G4 → I3 → A5 → H9. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.

Techniques this board needs

Full solution, step by step (17 deductions)
  1. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 1, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 1. Rules out A1, B1, C1, D1, G1, H1, I1.

  2. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 2, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 2. Rules out A2, B2, F2, G2, H2, I2.

  3. Region line lock essential

    Region line lock. This colour must use row 9, so nothing else can. This reasons over row 9. Rules out A9, B9, C9, D9, E9, F9, G9.

  4. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D8.

  5. 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 B3, B4, B5, B6, C3, C4, E4, E5.

  6. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Column 2 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B7. This reasons over column 2.

  7. 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 C2. This reasons over column 3.

  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 G3.

  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 7. Rules out E3, F3, F4.

  10. Last cell in a line essential

    Last cell in a line. Column 5 has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at E1. This reasons over column 5.

  11. 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 6. Rules out H6, I5, I6.

  12. Shared diagonal neighbour intermediate

    Shared diagonal neighbour. Every remaining option for this colour touches these cells, so they are out. Rules out F5, H5.

  13. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F6.

  14. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G4.

  15. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at I3.

  16. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A5.

  17. Forced queen essential

    Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H9.

Answer: queens at D8, B7, C2, E1, F6, G4, I3, A5, H9.