Easy Queens Puzzles
Solvable with the basic deductions alone: forced queens and single-line region locks. The place to learn the game.
1,896 boards land in this tier. The rating is measured, not estimated: every board is solved by the hint engine and tagged with the hardest technique it genuinely required.
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 1 to 27 cells.
Where these boards are
- 6×6 16 easy
- 7×7 135 easy
- 8×8 315 easy
- 9×9 313 easy
- 10×10 296 easy
- 11×11 179 easy
- 12×12 179 easy
- 13×13 172 easy
- 14×14 163 easy
- 15×15 128 easy
How this board is solved
Solving this 9x9 board takes 10 deductions and needs only the basic deductions, drawing on 4 distinct techniques. The first queen you can place for certain is B1. The queens resolve in the order B1 → D5 → G2 → C9 → I8 → H4 → E3 → F7 → A6. Every step follows by logic, so you never have to guess.
Techniques this board needs
Full solution, step by step (10 deductions)
- Single-cell region essential
Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at B1.
- Single-cell region essential
Single-cell region. This colour covers only one cell, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at D5.
- Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at G2.
- Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at C9.
- Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at I8.
- Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at H4.
- Region line lock essential
Region line lock. This colour must use column 1, so nothing else can. This reasons over column 1. Rules out A3.
- 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 E3. This reasons over row 3.
- Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at F7.
- Forced queen essential
Forced queen. This colour has one legal cell left, so its queen goes there. Place a queen at A6.
Answer: queens at B1, D5, G2, C9, I8, H4, E3, F7, A6.