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How to play Crowns

Crowns is a one-player logic puzzle on a grid of colored regions. Place one crown in every row, every column and every color, so that no two crowns touch, not even at the corners. Grids run from 6 × 6 to 9 × 9 and take 1 to 10 minutes.

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Crowns at a glance

Players
1
Grid
6 × 6 to 9 × 9, in as many colors
Goal
One crown per row, column and color, none touching
Game length
About 1–10 minutes, by size

How to play Crowns

  1. Mark a cell

    Tap a cell once for ×, a cell that can’t hold a crown. Tap again for a crown.

  2. Follow the rules

    One crown in every row, column and colored region. Crowns never touch, not even diagonally.

  3. Crown them all

    Place a crown in every row without a clash to solve the puzzle.

Complete Crowns rules

The grid

The grid has as many rows as columns, and is split into the same number of colored regions.

The goal

Place one crown in every row, every column and every colored region.

No touching

Two crowns never touch, not even corner to corner. A clash is ringed in red.

Solving

The puzzle is solved when every row holds a crown and none clash. Your time and moves are your score.

Tips to win at Crowns

  • Start with the smallest color. Its crown has only a few cells to choose from.
  • When a color sits inside one row or column, no other color can crown there.
  • Mark × around every crown you place. The cells it rules out narrow the rest.

Ways to play Crowns

  • Easy and Medium

    6 × 6 and 7 × 7 · Small grids with six or seven colors. Quick puzzles to learn the rules.

  • Hard and Expert

    8 × 8 and 9 × 9 · Bigger grids with more colors, where each crown rules out more of the board.

  • Daily Crowns

    One 8 × 8 puzzle a day, the same for everyone, with a leaderboard.

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About Crowns

Crowns belongs to the family of chess-queen puzzles. The eight queens problem, first posed in 1848, asks for eight queens on a chessboard that don’t attack each other. Crowns keeps one per row and column, adds colored regions, and lets crowns share a diagonal as long as they don’t touch.

Rules reviewed by the tavlo.gg game team · Updated October 10, 2026

Questions about Crowns

Is every puzzle solvable?
Yes. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, and you can reach it by logic alone, with no guessing.
What do the sizes mean?
Bigger grids have more rows, columns and regions to fill. A 6 × 6 grid is a quick warm-up, while 9 × 9 takes real planning.
What if I make a mistake?
Crowns that clash get a red ring and a tip that says why. Undo or remove the crown and carry on.
Is Crowns free to play?
Yes. Crowns is free in your browser, with no download and no sign-up. You can start as a guest, and your progress saves on this device.
Can I play Crowns on my phone?
Yes. Crowns runs in any phone or tablet browser, with touch controls and nothing to install.
Is every puzzle solvable?
Yes. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, and you can reach it by logic alone, with no guessing.
What do the sizes mean?
Bigger grids have more rows, columns and regions to fill. A 6 × 6 grid is a quick warm-up, while 9 × 9 takes real planning.
What if I make a mistake?
Crowns that clash get a red ring and a tip that says why. Undo or remove the crown and carry on.
Is Crowns free to play?
Yes. Crowns is free in your browser, with no download and no sign-up. You can start as a guest, and your progress saves on this device.
Can I play Crowns on my phone?
Yes. Crowns runs in any phone or tablet browser, with touch controls and nothing to install.

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