LinkedIn Patches Hints and Answers — June 15, 2026
Our Patches solver reveals today's answer patch by patch, so you can get a hint without seeing the whole board.
Click any cell to reveal the patch that covers it.
Click a patch button to reveal a specific patch.
- Fill the grid with rectangular and square patches.
- Each patch must contain exactly one clue.
- The number tells you how many cells the patch covers. Some clues have no number — their size is unspecified and can be any number of cells!
- Badge shape shows the constraint: wide, tall, square, or cross (any).
- Use the puzzle picker to view a different day's puzzle.
How the Patches Solver Works
Our Patches solver gives you today's answer and hints for the daily LinkedIn Patches puzzle. Click any cell to reveal the entire patch that covers it, boundaries and all. If you'd rather target a specific clue, click its patch button to reveal that patch directly.
Reveal All shows the complete solution, and Clear All resets the board so you can try a different approach. The puzzle picker lets you pull up any previous day and view its solution.
The patch-by-patch reveal is what makes this useful. Confirming one placement often clarifies the boundaries of neighbouring patches, because those cells are no longer available. That single reveal can cascade into solving two or three more patches on your own.
What Is LinkedIn Patches?
Patches is a daily spatial logic puzzle on LinkedIn. You partition a grid into rectangular and square patches so that each patch contains exactly one clue, covers the correct number of cells, and leaves no gaps or overlaps.
The game is inspired by Shikaku, a Japanese logic puzzle where you divide a grid into rectangles. LinkedIn's version adds two twists. First, some clues have no number, meaning their patch size is unspecified and part of the puzzle. Second, badge shapes on each clue tell you whether the patch must be wide (wider than tall), tall (taller than wide), square, or any shape (the cross badge). Those constraints, combined with the un-numbered clues, make later-in-the-week puzzles genuinely tricky.
Difficulty increases through the week, with Monday being the easiest. A new puzzle drops every day at midnight Pacific Time.
Patches is one of seven daily games LinkedIn currently offers (and the newest of the set). If you play the others, we have solver tools for Crossclimb, Queens, Tango, Pinpoint, Mini Sudoku, and Zip.
Tips for Solving Patches
Start with prime-number clues. A clue showing 2, 3, 5, or 7 can only form a single-row or single-column rectangle (1x2, 1x3, 1x5, 1x7 or their rotations). These have very few valid placements, especially near edges or corners, so they're often solvable first.
Edges and corners are your friend. Clues near the boundary of the grid have fewer directions to expand, which limits the number of valid patch shapes. Work from the outside in when you can.
Watch for forced cells. If a cell can only be reached by one possible patch, that placement is guaranteed. Look for isolated cells or narrow corridors between already-placed patches.
Don't create islands. Never leave a group of empty cells that's too small or oddly shaped for any remaining clue to fill. If you see an orphaned pocket forming, backtrack before it's too late. This is the most common mistake in larger Patches puzzles.
Pay attention to the badge shapes. The wide, tall, and square constraints eliminate options faster than the number alone. A clue of 6 with a wide badge, for example, can only be 2x3 or 1x6, not 3x2 or 6x1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Patches is a daily spatial logic puzzle on LinkedIn inspired by the Japanese puzzle Shikaku. You partition a grid into rectangular and square patches so that each patch contains exactly one clue, covers the correct number of cells, and leaves no gaps or overlaps. Some clues have no number, meaning their patch size is part of the puzzle. A new puzzle is released every day at midnight Pacific Time.
Fill the entire grid with rectangular and square patches. Each patch must contain exactly one clue, and the number on the clue tells you how many cells the patch covers. Some clues have no number, so their size is unspecified. Badge shapes indicate whether a patch must be wide, tall, square, or any shape. No cells can be left empty and no patches can overlap.
Patches has four rules: the entire grid must be filled with no gaps or overlaps, each patch must be a rectangle or square, each patch must contain exactly one clue, and the number on the clue tells you the patch's total cell count. Some clues are un-numbered (size unknown), and badge shapes add constraints on whether the patch must be wider than tall, taller than wide, or square.
Each clue sits inside a coloured badge whose shape indicates a constraint. A wide rectangle means the patch must be wider than it is tall. A tall rectangle means it must be taller than it is wide. A square badge means the patch must be a perfect square. A cross shape (two overlapping dashed rectangles) means any shape is valid. These constraints work alongside the number to narrow valid placements.
The solver reveals the answer patch by patch. Click any cell to reveal the entire patch that covers it, or click a patch button to reveal a specific patch directly. Use Reveal All for the complete solution, or Clear All to reset the board. The puzzle picker lets you look up answers from previous days.
All LinkedIn Games, including Patches, reset daily at midnight Pacific Time (PT). All players worldwide receive the same puzzle at the same time. If you're in a different time zone, the new puzzle may appear during your morning rather than at midnight local time.
Shikaku (also called Rectangles) is a Japanese logic puzzle where you divide a grid into rectangles so that each rectangle contains exactly one number indicating its area. LinkedIn Patches is inspired by Shikaku but adds coloured badge shapes that constrain whether a patch must be wide, tall, or square, plus un-numbered clues whose size is part of the puzzle.
Use the puzzle picker on our Patches solver tool to view answers from the last few days. The picker shows the three most recent puzzles so you can catch up on any you missed.
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