LinkedIn Patches 229 answer, Answered
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Patches 229 Solution
Patches 229 is LinkedIn's daily Patches puzzle of 1 November 2026: an 8x8 grid, 14 clues, 10 with a size, 6 with a shape, 14 rectangles, solved below in 22 steps.
Patches 229 hints
Three hints for Patches 229, 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 14 patches: 2 square, 7 wider than tall, 5 taller than wide.
Patches hint 2 · reveal the largest patch
The largest patch covers 7 cells.
Patches hint 3 · reveal the corner patch
The patch in the top-left corner is 1 cells wide and 4 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.
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Step by step
Patches 229, step by step
Patches 229, 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.
| Step | Move | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | row 2, col 6 | only the coral dot can reach row 2, col 6: it must cover it |
| 2 | row 4, col 4 | only the teal 6 can reach row 4, col 4: it must cover it |
| 3 | row 5, col 4 | only the teal 6 can reach row 5, col 4: it must cover it |
| 4 | 1x7 at rows 2-8, col 8 | only the green 7 can reach row 4, col 8 |
| 5 | 5x1 at row 6, cols 3-7 | the grey 5 can now fit only one way |
| 6 | 3x2 at rows 7-8, cols 5-7 | the yellow 6 can now fit only one way |
| 7 | row 7, col 3 | only the rose dot can reach row 7, col 3: it must cover it |
| 8 | row 7, col 4 | only the rose dot can reach row 7, col 4: it must cover it |
| 9 | 3x2 at rows 7-8, cols 2-4 | only the rose dot can reach row 8, col 2 |
| 10 | row 1, col 7 | every way the blue dot fits covers row 1, col 7: no other patch can take it |
| 11 | row 1, col 5 | only the blue dot can reach row 1, col 5: it must cover it |
| 12 | row 3, col 2; row 4, col 2 | every way the green 4 fits covers row 3, col 2; row 4, col 2: no other patch can take them |
| 13 | 3x2 at rows 4-5, cols 3-5 | the teal 6 can now fit only one way |
| 14 | 2x2 at rows 4-5, cols 6-7 | the pink 4 can now fit only one way |
| 15 | 3x1 at row 3, cols 5-7 | the orange 3 can now fit only one way |
| 16 | 2x3 at rows 1-3, cols 3-4 | the purple 6 can now fit only one way |
| 17 | 1x4 at rows 1-4, col 1 | the yellow 4 can now fit only one way |
| 18 | 4x1 at row 1, cols 5-8 | the blue dot can now fit only one way |
| 19 | 2x2 at rows 5-6, cols 1-2 | the lime 4 can now fit only one way |
| 20 | 1x4 at rows 1-4, col 2 | the green 4 can now fit only one way |
| 21 | 1x2 at rows 7-8, col 1 | the blue dot can now fit only one way |
| 22 | 3x1 at row 2, cols 5-7 | only the coral dot can reach row 2, col 5 |
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