Patches #88 answer board
Saturday, June 13, 2026 — the day this LinkedIn patch went live as that day's daily board.
Stuck on Patches #88? Below is the full colored board, the deductions that get you there, and the lessons you can carry to tomorrow's grid.
Saturday, June 13, 2026
The answer is hidden until you ask for it. Work through the board, then hit Reveal the solution to compare your work — or pick another day.
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Each step closes one rectangle. The order matters: every placement narrows what the next clue can be.
The most clue on the board is the Gray 9 in the bottom-left corner. Since 9 is a perfect square (3x3) and its clue is in a corner, its placement is forced. It must be a 3x3 square occupying that corner. This single move provides a massive, unambiguous starting point.
The rightmost column is our next target. The grid is 8 units high, and we have four clues along that edge: Teal 2, Purple 3, Pink 2, and the corner Brown piece. The only way to tile an 8-unit column with these shapes is to orient them vertically and find a containment. After a little trial, the unique combination becomes clear: Teal 2 must be a 1x2 rectangle (2 units high).
Purple 3 must be a 1x3 rectangle (3 units high).
Pink 2 must be a 2x1 rectangle (using 1 unit of height in that column).
This leaves 8 - (2+3+1) = 2 units of height for the Brown shape, forcing it to be a 2x2 square. This chain reaction solves the entire right border in one strategic swoop.
Now we return to the left side. The 3x3 Gray square takes up the bottom 3 rows. This leaves a 5-unit vertical space above it for the Green 4, Gold 2, and the corner Red piece. Similar to the right edge, we look for a containment. The solution is a stack of three shapes, all 2 units wide: A 2x2 Red square (height 2).
A clue for a perfect square number (4, 9, 16, 25) in a corner is your golden ticket. It removes all ambiguity about the shape's dimensions and placement. In this puzzle, identifying the Gray 9 as a forced 3x3 square was the critical first step.
When an entire edge is populated with clues, treat it like a 1D jigsaw puzzle. Sum the potential heights (or widths) of the shapes to find the one combination that matches the grid's dimension (in this case, 8). This is an essential strategy that gets easier with practice.
This puzzle illustrates the "outside-in" approach. By solving for the perimeter pieces first, we created a container. The unknown central shapes (Light Blue and Orange) were then solved not by their own clues, but by the boundaries created by the other pieces.
Patches #88 ran on Saturday, June 13, 2026 as part of LinkedIn's daily mini-game lineup. The board is no longer playable on LinkedIn itself, but the original colored grid lives at the source linked below.
Patches #88 is a 8×8 board — 64 cells in total — to be carved into several non-overlapping rectangles.
Yes — we replay the puzzle on LinkedIn Games every morning, capture the start and solved boards, and only publish once the colored solution matches LinkedIn's official reveal. If the LinkedIn server changes the daily puzzle mid-day, we reflect the change here within minutes.