Pips hint for October 14, 2026
The puzzle for Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Every hint is hidden until you open it, so take only the nudge you need.
Easy
=9=<6
Dominoes: 2|4 3|3 1|5 0|0 1|1
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
5 dominoes (3 doubles) fill 10 cells across 5 regions:
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 9
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells adding up to less than 6
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
2=94=<6SpoilerPlace 3 of 5 dominoesShowHide
2=39543=1<6SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
2=39543=11<6010
Medium
>3==<3==8>4
Dominoes: 4|4 3|4 0|0 5|1 0|6 1|0 6|3
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
7 dominoes (2 doubles) fill 14 cells across 8 regions:
- 1 cell adding up to more than 3
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to less than 3
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 8
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
>3==<3==84>44SpoilerPlace 4 of 7 dominoesShowHide
>34=3=00<3==841>454SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
>34=33=00<30=1=66841>4504
Hard
≠04>7=9=4314<4<3>466
Dominoes: 2|6 4|0 6|1 5|6 1|1 0|5 1|3 2|3 6|6 3|3 0|6 5|1 2|4 4|4
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
14 dominoes (4 doubles) fill 28 cells across 16 regions:
- 3 cells that all show different numbers
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 2 cells adding up to more than 7
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 9
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 14
- 1 cell adding up to less than 4
- 2 cells adding up to less than 3
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 6
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 6
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
≠04>72=96=4314<4<3>466SpoilerPlace 7 of 14 dominoesShowHide
≠14004>726=96=1541133014<4<3>45666SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
≠140044>726=3946=135441133014662<43<320>45666651