Queens puzzle answer — July 30, 2026 (Hard)
Stuck on the July 30, 2026 hard Queens puzzle? Here's the complete solution to the 9×9 board — every queen placed with pure logic, one deduction at a time, no guessing. Step through it below, or brush up on the rules first.
The final answer
One queen per row, per column, and per color region — and no two queens touching, even diagonally.
Full written solution — all 19 steps
- The red region has only one square left — the queen must go there (row 1, column 1).
- The green region has only one square left — the queen must go there (row 3, column 7).
- All of the orange region's remaining squares sit in column 3, so that column's other squares can be crossed off.
- All of the blue region's remaining squares sit in column 2, so that column's other squares can be crossed off.
- Row 2's remaining squares all fall in the yellow region, so the region's squares outside row 2 can be crossed off.
- Column 8's remaining squares all fall in the tan region, so the region's squares outside column 8 can be crossed off.
- Column 9 has only one square left — the queen must go there (row 2, in the yellow region).
- Column 6's remaining squares all fall in the purple region, so the region's squares outside column 6 can be crossed off.
- Row 4 has only one square left — the queen must go there (column 2, in the blue region).
- Trying a queen at row 5, column 5 (the teal region) leads to a dead end, so that square can be crossed off.
- Trying a queen at row 6, column 4 (the teal region) leads to a dead end, so that square can be crossed off.
- Trying a queen at row 6, column 5 (the teal region) leads to a dead end, so that square can be crossed off.
- Trying a queen at row 7, column 3 (the orange region) leads to a dead end, so that square can be crossed off.
- Column 3 has only one square left — the queen must go there (row 6, in the orange region).
- Column 6 has only one square left — the queen must go there (row 5, in the purple region).
- Trying a queen at row 8, column 4 (the teal region) leads to a dead end, so that square can be crossed off.
- Column 4 has only one square left — the queen must go there (row 9, in the gray region).
- Row 8 has only one square left — the queen must go there (column 8, in the tan region).
- Row 7 has only one square left — the queen must go there (column 5, in the teal region).
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