Queens Unlimited

How to play Queens

1. 1Read the regions. An N×N board is split into N coloured regions. Each region needs exactly one queen.
2. 2Place a queen. Tap a cell once to place a queen. Each row, column and region takes exactly one.
3. 3Mark the dead cells. Tap again to drop a dot where a queen can't go, such as the eight cells around a queen. Tap a third time to clear.
4. 4Finish the board. When every row, column and region has its queen and none touch, the puzzle is solved. Press New puzzle for another.

Three sizes: Easy is 6×6, Medium 8×8 and Hard 10×10. The clock starts with each board; pause it any time.

Queens strategy tips

• Start with the smallest region. A region of one or two cells leaves almost no choice.
• Regions stuck in one row own it. If a region sits entirely in one row or column, no other queen can use that line, so dot out the rest of it.
• Dot around every queen. The eight touching cells, its row and its column are all dead. Marking them makes the next forced cell jump out.
• Count regions against rows. If two regions fit inside the same two rows, those rows belong to them, and every other cell in those rows is out.

LinkedIn Queens practice, without the wait

LinkedIn's Queens gives you one board a day. Getting faster takes volume: ten boards in a row will do more for your time than one. Queens Unlimited follows the same rules, so it is ideal practice. Stuck on a real board? Paint it into the Queens solver and step through the logic one hint at a time.

Leaderboard

Queens Unlimited uses the same engine and board sizes as Star Battle, so your solves score on the Star Battle board: base points by difficulty, a speed bonus for beating par and a streak bonus for playing every day.

Frequently asked questions

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Keep playing

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