Patches #63 answer board
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 — the day this LinkedIn patch went live as that day's daily board.
Stuck on Patches #63? Below is the full colored board, the deductions that get you there, and the lessons you can carry to tomorrow's grid.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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Each step closes one rectangle. The order matters: every placement narrows what the next clue can be.
The grid is 5x5, so any shape's dimensions must respect this. An area 6 shape like 1x6 or 6x1 is immediately impossible. Thus, the Orange 6 (at (0,0)) and Yellow 6 (at (3,1)) must be 2x3 or 3x2 rectangles.
The "Teal Square" (at (2,4)) is a strong starting point. In a 5x5 grid, a square containing cell (2,4) can only be a 2x2. A 3x3 square would extend beyond the grid boundaries. This forces the Teal shape to occupy (2,3)-(3,4).
Red 2 (at (1,4)): With Teal occupying (2,3)-(3,4), the cell (1,4) is on the rightmost edge, directly above the Teal 2x2. To be an area 2 rectangle, Red must be a 1x2 horizontal strip, occupying (1,3)-(1,4).
This clue is in the bottom-right corner. It's an area 5 rectangle, so it's either 1x5 or 5x1. If it's a 5x1 vertical strip, it would occupy the entire last column (0,4)-(4,4). However, this would conflict with our deduced placements for Red (1x2 at (1,3)-(1,4)) and Teal (2x2 at (2,3)-(3,4)), as they both need cells in column 4.
Therefore, the Brown 5 must be a 1x5 horizontal strip, occupying the entire bottom row (4,0)-(4,4).
This leads to a problem. If Brown 5 is the entire bottom row (4,0)-(4,4), it would occupy cell (4,3). However, we also have a "Green Bar" clue at (4,3). A distinct Green Bar cannot exist if the entire bottom row is taken by Brown 5. This important conflict highlights that these initial clues, if interpreted as distinct, non-overlapping rectangles, create an unresolvable situation within a 5x5 grid under standard Patches rules.
Patches #63 ran on Tuesday, May 19, 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 #63 is a 5×5 board — 25 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.