Pips hint for September 12, 2026
The puzzle for Saturday, September 12, 2026. Every hint is hidden until you open it, so take only the nudge you need.
Easy
<4<1≠=10
Dominoes: 3|1 6|6 1|4 4|2 0|5
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
5 dominoes (1 double) fill 10 cells across 5 regions:
- 1 cell adding up to less than 4
- 1 cell adding up to less than 1
- 4 cells that all show different numbers
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
<43<1≠=110SpoilerPlace 3 of 5 dominoesShowHide
<43<1≠=1110466SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
<43<10≠54=11210466
Medium
=4===3<2
Dominoes: 1|1 0|2 0|0 6|3 3|3 3|0 0|6
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
7 dominoes (3 doubles) fill 14 cells across 7 regions:
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 4
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to less than 2
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
=41==1=3<2SpoilerPlace 4 of 7 dominoesShowHide
=00421=0=1=633<2SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
=00421=00=3133=633<206
Hard
>3>44=6=>1<4>4<22>3=>91215>4>10
Dominoes: 0|4 5|6 3|3 1|6 0|3 1|1 4|3 2|5 3|6 4|1 3|2 6|4 1|3 6|6 2|4 3|5
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
16 dominoes (3 doubles) fill 32 cells across 19 regions:
- 1 cell adding up to more than 3
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 5 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 6
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to more than 1
- 1 cell adding up to less than 4
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
- 1 cell adding up to less than 2
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 1 cell adding up to more than 3
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells adding up to more than 9
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 12
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 15
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
- 2 cells adding up to more than 10
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
>3>444=06=>1<4>4<22>3=>91215>4>10SpoilerPlace 8 of 16 dominoesShowHide
>3>4644=10116=33>1<42>45<202>34=3>912315>4>1056SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
>34>4644=110111624=33>13<42>45<2022>34=3>964123153336>45>105666