Queens game: frequently asked questions
Short answers to the questions players ask most about the Queens puzzle and about Queens Court.
What is the Queens game?
Queens is a logic puzzle played on a square grid divided into coloured regions. You place one queen in every row, every column and every colour, and no two queens may touch, even diagonally. It became widely known as one of LinkedIn's daily games and belongs to the same family as the classic Star Battle puzzle.
How do you play Queens?
Tap a tile once to mark it as ruled out and twice to place a queen. Work out where queens must go from the three rules: one per row, one per column, one per colour, and no two touching. How to play Queens has a full worked example.
Can every Queens puzzle be solved without guessing?
Every puzzle on Queens Court can. Each one is checked by a solver that uses only logical techniques, so there is always a next step you can deduce, and exactly one solution.
Can queens be on the same diagonal?
Yes, as long as they aren't touching. Unlike chess, a queen in this puzzle only rules out the tiles directly next to it diagonally, not the whole diagonal.
What size are Queens boards?
On Queens Court, Daily Crown boards are 6×6, 7×7 and 8×8, and The Gauntlet runs from 6×6 up to 10×10. A board always has as many queens as it has rows.
Is Queens Court free?
Yes. The daily puzzles, the archive and all the guides on this website are free, with no account needed.
When do new puzzles come out?
A new set arrives every day at midnight in your own time zone. Puzzles are easiest on Monday and get harder through to Sunday.
Can I play past puzzles?
Yes. The Vault holds every past daily puzzle and they are free to play. Only today's puzzle counts towards your streak.
What is the difference between Daily Crown and The Gauntlet?
Daily Crown is three quick boards that take about five minutes. The Gauntlet is ten boards in a row that climb to 10×10, for when you want a longer session.
How do hints work?
The Hint button finds the next logical step and explains it in words, such as a colour that is trapped in one row. It teaches the technique instead of just revealing a queen. The techniques pages cover each one.
What do I do when I'm stuck?
Check every row, column and colour for a single open tile. If there isn't one, look for a colour whose open tiles all sit in one line. The intermediate guide explains what to try next.
Is this the LinkedIn Queens game?
No. Queens Court is an independent game made by Unbeaten Studios and is not affiliated with LinkedIn. It is the same style of puzzle, with its own puzzles, an archive of past days and more board sizes.
Is Queens the same as Star Battle?
It is the one-star version of it. In Star Battle each row, column and region holds the same number of stars, often two, and stars can't touch. Queens uses one queen per row, column and region.
Is there a Queens Court app?
An app for iPhone and Android is on the way, with hundreds of levels and a live leaderboard. The daily puzzles on this website will stay free.
Does my progress save?
Yes, in your browser. Your solved puzzles, times and streak are stored on your device, so they stay as long as you use the same browser and don't clear its data.
Still curious?
Read how to play, browse the strategy guides, or play today's puzzle.