Pips hint for July 18, 2026
The puzzle for Saturday, July 18, 2026. Every hint is hidden until you open it, so take only the nudge you need.
Easy
==>2>4>42
Dominoes: 5|3 3|2 4|4 2|2 4|6
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
5 dominoes (2 doubles) fill 10 cells across 7 regions:
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to more than 2
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
==>23>45>42SpoilerPlace 3 of 5 dominoesShowHide
==4>23>454>4322SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
=22=4>23>4544>46322
Medium
≠107<410=<6
Dominoes: 1|1 3|3 2|2 6|4 2|1 6|6 5|5
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
7 dominoes (5 doubles) fill 14 cells across 7 regions:
- 2 cells that all show different numbers
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 7
- 1 cell adding up to less than 4
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to less than 6
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
≠1071<4110=<6SpoilerPlace 4 of 7 dominoesShowHide
≠1071<41310622=3<64SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
≠210571<4115310622=663<64
Hard
1235151244335533200215404>34020
Dominoes: 0|1 0|2 0|3 0|4 0|5 1|2 1|3 1|4 1|5 2|3 2|4 2|5 3|4 3|5 4|5 3|6
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
16 dominoes (0 doubles) fill 32 cells across 32 regions:
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 1 cell adding up to more than 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
123515124433553320021154004>34020SpoilerPlace 8 of 16 dominoesShowHide
1122351151244433155533332000021154004>344002200SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
1122335511551122444433331555533332200002211553440044>3644002200