Queens solver: hints or the answer for any board
Stuck on a Queens puzzle from any app or website? Copy its coloured regions into the grid below. The solver checks the board, then gives you the next logical step with an explanation, one queen at a time, or the full answer. It runs in your browser and works for boards from 4×4 to 11×11.
1. Pick a colour. 2. Tap or drag over the tiles of one region. 3. Repeat for every region.
How to use the Queens solver
- Set the size to match your puzzle (count the rows).
- Colour in the regions. The colours don't need to match your puzzle's colours, only the shapes. Each region gets its own colour.
- Press "Check and solve". The solver confirms the board has a solution and tells you if it has more than one, which usually means a tile was copied wrongly.
- Add the queens you've already placed by tapping tiles twice, so the hints start from where you are.
- Ask for the next step to get one logical deduction with its reason, or show the whole answer.
Hints first, answers second
"Next step" doesn't just reveal a queen. It finds the deduction you could have made, such as a colour whose open tiles all sit in one row, and explains it. If you want to stop needing a solver, the six techniques it uses are each explained with examples.
Questions
Does this work for the LinkedIn Queens puzzle?
It works for any Queens puzzle that follows the standard rules: one queen per row, column and coloured region, with no two touching. You copy the regions in yourself. Queens Court is independent and not affiliated with LinkedIn, and it doesn't hold or publish other sites' puzzles.
Why does it say my board has more than one solution?
Published Queens puzzles have exactly one solution. If the solver finds two, a tile is almost certainly in the wrong region. Press "Edit the board" and compare it with your puzzle.
Is my board sent anywhere?
No. The solving happens in your browser. Your drawing is saved on your device so it's still there if you come back.
Where are the answers to Queens Court's own daily puzzles?
On the answers page, with hints first and the full solution after.