Pips hint for July 16, 2026
The puzzle for Thursday, July 16, 2026. Every hint is hidden until you open it, so take only the nudge you need.
Easy
>56116
Dominoes: 5|5 6|6 4|1 3|3 0|0
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
5 dominoes (4 doubles) fill 10 cells across 5 regions:
- 1 cell adding up to more than 5
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 6
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 1
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 16
- 1 cell with no rule
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
>5611655SpoilerPlace 3 of 5 dominoesShowHide
>56611665514SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
>566331016655014
Medium
10=101010
Dominoes: 3|6 5|5 1|5 4|5 3|3 0|6 1|4
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
7 dominoes (2 doubles) fill 14 cells across 7 regions:
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 1 cell with no rule
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 1 cell with no rule
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
10=10310610SpoilerPlace 4 of 7 dominoesShowHide
10551=10553106104SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
10551=33105531061046410
Hard
===<3<3>3>4==<3261
Dominoes: 0|0 0|1 0|2 0|3 0|4 0|5 0|6 1|1 1|3 1|4 2|3 2|4 3|3 3|5 4|4
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
15 dominoes (4 doubles) fill 30 cells across 14 regions:
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to less than 3
- 1 cell adding up to less than 3
- 1 cell adding up to more than 3
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
- 4 cells that all show the same number
- 5 cells that all show the same number
- 3 cells adding up to less than 3
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 6
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
===<3<3>3>4==<326010SpoilerPlace 8 of 15 dominoesShowHide
=1==<31<3>3>45=3=0<302660204001100SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
=1=3=3<3111<3233>35>45=44433=0<30422660204001100