In short. Tap a square to put a dodo to bed, tap it again to wake it, slide your finger to cross squares out. You need one dodo per row, per column and per coloured garden, and no two dodos may touch, not even at a corner. Three grids wait for you every day, from the shortest to the longest, and the arrows under the grid take you back to past days.
Here the queens are dodos: they snore, so only one per row, per column and per garden, and never two touching. Start with the nap if you are new to the game, and keep the hibernation for your coffee break.
Three grids a day, from nap to hibernation
- Nap, 6 × 6: the mini Queens, a warm-up. The last free square of a garden, the garden that fits in a single row, and you are done.
- Night, 8 × 8: the usual Queens size. You need to spot the square that, if taken, would leave a neighbouring garden with nowhere to go, and sometimes two gardens shut inside two rows.
- Hibernation, 10 × 10: ten dodos and the finest deductions of the game, when groups of gardens lock as many rows.
Every grid has exactly one solution and solves without guessing: the engine that makes them replays each one with the deductions of the Dodoku game and throws away any grid that would make you try your luck. The six deductions are explained in the Queens puzzle guide.
The same grids for everyone
The grids change at midnight, on your phone’s clock. Your friend across the country plays the same ones, and so do the players of the Dodoku game and the Pause app, where they are called the “dodo of the day”. Once a grid is done, “Send my time” challenges them.
Past days
Missed a grid yesterday? The arrows under the board go back day by day, all the way to 6 October 2026, the day the game came out. Every day keeps its three grids, and your time on the ones you finished stays recorded on this device. The page address keeps the chosen day, so a past day can be shared too.
Stuck? One hint at a time
“One hint” doesn’t hand you the answer: it makes one deduction, circles the squares involved and explains it in a sentence. If a dodo is in the wrong place, it tells you that first. The final message notes how many hints you took.
Done all three? Queens Unlimited serves a new grid every game. Stuck on a grid from somewhere else, like today’s one on LinkedIn? The Queens solver reads a screenshot and gives one hint at a time.
Frequently asked questions
When does the daily Queens change?
At midnight, on your device’s clock. The three grids are then new, and the same for everyone.
Is this LinkedIn’s Queens of the day?
No: these are our own grids, made by the Dodoku game’s engine, with the same rules. Neither Dodoku nor this page is affiliated with LinkedIn. For LinkedIn’s grid, the Queens solver reads your screenshot.
Can I replay past days?
Yes, all of them, since 6 October 2026: the arrows under the grid go back in time, and the page address keeps the chosen day so you can share it.
Is it free?
Yes: no account, no ads on this page, on a phone or a computer.
Do the grids have only one solution?
Always, and they solve without guessing: a grid that would make you try your luck is thrown away before it is served.
Can I play offline?
The Dodoku game, yes: the same three daily grids and a campaign that work with no connection, in the browser and in the Pause app.
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