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    LinkedIn Patches 227 Answer

    Patches 227 Solution

    Patches 227 is LinkedIn's daily Patches puzzle of 30 October 2026: a 7x7 grid, 12 clues, 8 with a size, 6 with a shape, 12 rectangles, solved below in 12 steps.

    Patches 227 hints

    Three hints for Patches 227, weakest first: click a card to reveal one hint at a time, use them in order, and the daily Patches answer is above.

    Patches hint 1 · reveal the patch count

    The grid splits into 12 patches: 0 square, 7 wider than tall, 5 taller than wide.

    Patches hint 2 · reveal the largest patch

    The largest patch covers 6 cells.

    Patches hint 3 · reveal the corner patch

    The patch in the top-left corner is 6 cells wide and 1 tall.

    Patches rules, the same for every daily puzzle: Fill the whole grid with shapes, the patches: rectangles that never overlap. Every patch is one region that holds exactly one clue, and no cell is left outside a patch. The numbers in the clues are the patches' sizes in cells. The shapes a clue can ask for: square, wider than tall, taller than wide, or any rectangle at all. The full guide: How to play Patches.

    Play the official Patches on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/games/patches. More hints and tips for any Patches: Patches tips that solve it faster. Past Patches answers, every LinkedIn Patches since #1: LinkedIn Patches Answers and Archive.

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Step by step

Patches 227, step by step

Patches 227, step by step: the patches one by one. Each step is found by logic, the way a solver would, never by guessing; click Step by step on the board to reveal the next step, one at a time, from the puzzle's starting position, and use Back to undo a step.

Patches 227 solution, as a table
StepMoveWhy
14x1 at row 2, cols 1-4the green 4 can now fit only one way
26x1 at row 1, cols 1-6the yellow 6 can now fit only one way
31x4 at rows 1-4, col 7the blue 4 can now fit only one way
41x2 at rows 2-3, col 5the coral dot can now fit only one way
52x3 at rows 5-7, cols 1-2the rose 6 can now fit only one way
61x6 at rows 2-7, col 6only the grey 6 can reach row 2, col 6
72x1 at row 4, cols 4-5the teal dot can now fit only one way
81x3 at rows 5-7, col 7the pink 3 can now fit only one way
94x1 at row 3, cols 1-4only the purple 4 can reach row 3, col 3
103x1 at row 4, cols 1-3only the orange dot can reach row 4, col 1
113x2 at rows 5-6, cols 3-5only the lime dot can reach row 5, col 3
123x1 at row 7, cols 3-5the yellow 3 can now fit only one way

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