Queens answer for Saturday, 10 October 2026
These are the hints and answers for Queens Court's Daily Crown #3, Saturday, 10 October 2026: 3 boards (6×6, 7×7, 8×8). Each board has three hints before the full solution, so open only as much as you need.
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Board 1: 6×6 medium
Hint 1: where to start
The jade colour is a single tile, so its queen has to go there.
Hint 2: one queen
There is a queen in row 2, column 3.
Hint 3: 3 of the 6 queens
Queens go in row 2, column 3; row 3, column 1; row 1, column 6.
Full answer
Row 1: column 6 · Row 2: column 3 · Row 3: column 1 · Row 4: column 4 · Row 5: column 2 · Row 6: column 5
Board 2: 7×7 hard
Hint 1: where to start
The sapphire colour is a single tile, so its queen has to go there.
Hint 2: one queen
There is a queen in row 5, column 1.
Hint 3: 4 of the 7 queens
Queens go in row 5, column 1; row 6, column 3; row 2, column 2; row 1, column 4.
Full answer
Row 1: column 4 · Row 2: column 2 · Row 3: column 5 · Row 4: column 7 · Row 5: column 1 · Row 6: column 3 · Row 7: column 6
Board 3: 8×8 hard
Hint 1: where to start
Every open tile of the rose colour is in column 2, so its queen must go in column 2. No other colour can use column 2: cross out the rest of it.
Hint 2: one queen
There is a queen in row 3, column 3.
Hint 3: 4 of the 8 queens
Queens go in row 3, column 3; row 2, column 7; row 1, column 2; row 8, column 5.
Full answer
Row 1: column 2 · Row 2: column 7 · Row 3: column 3 · Row 4: column 8 · Row 5: column 6 · Row 6: column 4 · Row 7: column 1 · Row 8: column 5
More for this day
- The Gauntlet answers for 10 October 2026
- Play the 10 October 2026 puzzles
- The six solving techniques, if you'd like to need fewer hints