Pips hint for August 28, 2026
The puzzle for Friday, August 28, 2026. Every hint is hidden until you open it, so take only the nudge you need.
Easy
<122>22
Dominoes: 0|0 3|2 0|5 2|0 1|1
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
5 dominoes (2 doubles) fill 10 cells across 6 regions:
- 4 cells adding up to less than 1
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to more than 2
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 2
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
<1220>202SpoilerPlace 3 of 5 dominoesShowHide
<122200>25302SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
<10222200>2530211
Medium
3==<5>5<3114<6
Dominoes: 1|3 0|4 3|3 6|4 3|5 6|1 5|4
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
7 dominoes (1 double) fill 14 cells across 9 regions:
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to less than 5
- 1 cell adding up to more than 5
- 1 cell adding up to less than 3
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 11
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 4
- 1 cell adding up to less than 6
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
3==<5>5<311431<6SpoilerPlace 4 of 7 dominoesShowHide
33=3=4<504>56<311431<6SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
33=3=4<5034>56<3111654431<65
Hard
0110>10175201123=7<2
Dominoes: 3|5 6|1 0|2 4|1 0|6 3|1 5|2 4|0 1|2 0|0 5|6 1|0 5|0
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
13 dominoes (1 double) fill 26 cells across 15 regions:
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 2 cells adding up to more than 10
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 7
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 11
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 7
- 4 cells adding up to less than 2
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
0110>1017352011523=7<2SpoilerPlace 7 of 13 dominoesShowHide
011104>105611735220011652332=17<20SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
0011104>10561173405562200116520332=11725<20100