Pips hint for August 7, 2026
The puzzle for Friday, August 7, 2026. Every hint is hidden until you open it, so take only the nudge you need.
Easy
821=>2
Dominoes: 2|3 6|3 2|2 0|5 6|1
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
5 dominoes (1 double) fill 10 cells across 6 regions:
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 8
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 1
- 2 cells with no rule
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to more than 2
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
83221=>2SpoilerPlace 3 of 5 dominoesShowHide
832212=26>23SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
832210521=626>23
Medium
=10>2710<4
Dominoes: 2|5 0|3 1|1 4|5 1|2 3|4 0|6
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
7 dominoes (1 double) fill 14 cells across 9 regions:
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 1 cell adding up to more than 2
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 7
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells adding up to less than 4
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
=2105>2710<4SpoilerPlace 4 of 7 dominoesShowHide
=2105>23507104<411SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
=2105>23250731104604<411
Hard
302215114343024533411245553>0
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 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 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 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 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 5
- 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 more than 0
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
30221151014343024533411245553>0SpoilerPlace 8 of 16 dominoesShowHide
3002222115511000114434330024533344111245553>0SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
3300222261155110001144334433002244553333441111224455555533>02