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Netflix Starstruck: how to play, and more puzzles when you run out

Finished today's Starstruck and want another? Netflix gives you one. We publish three every day — same rules, same satisfying click when the last star drops into place, free in your browser.

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Try a Starstruck-style board

One star in every row, column and color. Stars can't touch, even at a corner. Tap to place, tap again to remove.

The same puzzle, by another name

Starstruck's rules are simple to state and endlessly deep to play: one star in every row, every column, and every colored region — and no two stars may touch, not even at a corner.

If that feels familiar, it should. Those are exactly the rules LinkedIn publishes as Queens. Same one-per-line, same one-per-region, same no-touching constraint. Netflix dressed it differently; underneath, it's the same logic. So the puzzles we publish as Queens play exactly like the Starstruck you just finished.

Which means the only real difference is how many you get. Netflix hands you one a day. We publish three — easy, medium, and hard — every single day, plus an archive of every board we've ever run and step-by-step solutions for when one refuses to crack.

How to solve one without guessing

Every board has a single solution reachable by pure logic. The move that unlocks it is elimination, not inspiration. Step through this one to see it happen:

A full solve, one reason at a time

Outlined squares are what each step just decided.

  • Place a star and rule out all eight neighbours — nothing can touch it.
  • A row, column, or region that already has its star is closed. Cross the rest of it out.
  • When a region has only one legal cell left, that's a star. Place it, and repeat.

Keep going and the board solves itself. If you'd like to watch that happen on a real puzzle, our Queens walkthroughs step through a full solve, one deduction at a time.

When one star stops being enough

Once Starstruck starts falling quickly, there's a bigger version of the same idea: Star Battle, which the New York Times publishes as Two Not Touch. Same no-touching rule, but two stars per row, column, and region, on outlined regions instead of colored ones.

That extra star changes everything — the constraints start feeding each other, and a single deduction can cascade across the whole grid. It's the natural next step, and it's free here too, from easy up to expert boards that will genuinely humble you. New to it? Start with the rules, then the strategy guide.

TryHard Puzzles isn't affiliated with Netflix, Netflix Puzzled, or Starstruck. We're just fans of the puzzle who got tired of running out after one.

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Netflix Starstruck FAQ

What is Netflix Starstruck?

Starstruck is the star-placing logic puzzle in Netflix Puzzled. You place one star in every row, every column, and every colored region, and no two stars may touch — not even diagonally. Puzzle fans know this puzzle as Star Battle in its one-star form; LinkedIn publishes the same rules as Queens.

Is Starstruck the same as LinkedIn Queens?

Mechanically, yes. Both ask for exactly one piece per row, column, and colored region with none touching, even diagonally. The rules are identical — only the artwork and the branding differ.

Where can I play unlimited Starstruck-style puzzles?

Right here. Netflix gives you one Starstruck a day; TryHard Puzzles publishes three original Queens puzzles every day — easy, medium, and hard — free in your browser, no app and no account needed to play. There is a full archive too, so you never run out.

Can I play past Starstruck puzzles?

Not on Netflix beyond the last few days — Starstruck keeps only recent Daily Puzzles, and anything older is gone. Our archive is permanent: every Queens puzzle we have published stays at its own address, playable whenever you like, with no cut-off and no account needed.

Netflix only gives me one puzzle a day. What then?

That is the daily-puzzle format, and it is the most common reason people go looking for more. We publish three fresh boards every day — easy, medium, and hard — and the entire back catalogue stays open, so there is no per-day limit to hit.

Do you need a Netflix account to play Starstruck?

No. Netflix says you can play the daily puzzles in Netflix Puzzled without an account, and an account only keeps your streak across devices.

How do you solve a Starstruck puzzle?

By elimination, never guessing. Mark the cells a star cannot occupy — the eight neighbours of any placed star, and any row, column, or region that already has its star — and keep narrowing until each remaining star is forced into place.

Is Starstruck harder than Star Battle?

Generally no. Starstruck and Queens use one star per row, column, and region. Star Battle proper (the NYT publishes it as Two Not Touch) uses two stars and irregular outlined regions, which makes the constraints interact far more and the puzzles considerably harder.

Ready for two stars? Try Star Battle

Same no-touching rule, two stars per row, column and region. No app and no account needed.

Cleared these? Every board we've ever published is still playable in the archive.