Pips hint for August 2, 2026
The puzzle for Sunday, August 2, 2026. Every hint is hidden until you open it, so take only the nudge you need.
Easy
1>16>5
Dominoes: 0|0 1|1 3|5 6|3 2|0
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
5 dominoes (2 doubles) fill 10 cells across 6 regions:
- 1 cell with no rule
- 4 cells adding up to exactly 1
- 1 cell adding up to more than 1
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 6
- 1 cell adding up to more than 5
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
1>1006>5SpoilerPlace 3 of 5 dominoesShowHide
111>100563>5SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
1110>12005633>56
Medium
>0=≠83>3=3
Dominoes: 0|3 5|5 3|4 6|2 4|4 3|3 0|4
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
7 dominoes (3 doubles) fill 14 cells across 8 regions:
- 1 cell adding up to more than 0
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 4 cells that all show different numbers
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 8
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to more than 3
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
>0=0≠833>3=3SpoilerPlace 4 of 7 dominoesShowHide
>0=0≠26833>3554=33SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
>04=00≠268433>35544=3333
Hard
<3350=350>5=<33>3=<5=350
Dominoes: 1|6 2|0 1|4 3|3 0|0 2|5 1|3 5|0 2|6 1|1 2|3 4|6 0|1 5|3 2|1 6|3
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
16 dominoes (3 doubles) fill 32 cells across 23 regions:
- 2 cells adding up to less than 3
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 4 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to more than 5
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to less than 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to more than 3
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to less than 5
- 4 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
<316350=350>5=<33>3=<5=350SpoilerPlace 8 of 16 dominoesShowHide
<30163335500=2355002>5=<3033>3=1<54=1350SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
<30163335500=2233355002>562=6<303326>34=1<54=11113355001