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Queensguard Hints for TodayThu, Oct 8, 2026
Stuck on today’s Queensguard? Three nudges, smallest first. No spoilers here: open one, try the board again, and only open the next if you need it.
Queensguard #38 · 8×8, Easy
Hint 1 The smallest nudge
Technique: Last Cell. A row, column or region has only one open cell left, so the crown goes there.
The green region has only one open cell left, so its crown must go there.
Show me the cells
Hint 2 A bit more
Technique: Region Squeeze. A region fits inside one row or column (or a line inside one region), so the rest of it is out.
Every open cell of the purple region sits in column 1, so column 1’s crown has to be the purple region’s, and no other cell in column 1 can hold a crown.
Show me the cells
Hint 3 The biggest nudge
Technique: Last Cell. A row, column or region has only one open cell left, so the crown goes there.
The pink region has only one open cell left, so its crown must go there.
Show me the cells
How these hints work
These are the same three hints the Hint button gives on today’s board, in the same order, starting from a fresh board. Each one proves some ✕s, or a crown once no ✕ can be proved, and names the technique behind it. Region colors are the default palette. Already partway through? Skip to the first hint you haven’t found yourself.
The hints stop at three on purpose. Past that, the techniques do the work, and you’ll get more out of finishing it yourself. There’s no full solution on this page.
The techniques, in a line each
- Last Cell: A row, column or region has only one open cell left, so the crown goes there.
- Region Squeeze: A region fits inside one row or column (or a line inside one region), so the rest of it is out.
- No Room: A crown on a cell would wipe out every open cell of some area, so that cell is out.
- Pair Squeeze: Two regions fit inside two rows or columns (or the reverse), so the rest of those lines is out.
- Triple Squeeze: Three regions fit inside three rows or columns (or the reverse), so the rest of those lines is out.
Each one has a short lesson and a few practice boards in the Queensguard Learn track.