Pips hint for October 21, 2026
The puzzle for Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Every hint is hidden until you open it, so take only the nudge you need.
Easy
1010>45<1
Dominoes: 3|6 2|4 1|0 6|6 4|0
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
5 dominoes (1 double) fill 10 cells across 7 regions:
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 10
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to less than 1
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
1010>4653<1SpoilerPlace 3 of 5 dominoesShowHide
1010>4653241<10SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
0104106>46653241<10
Medium
>4≠=>7>568
Dominoes: 2|6 1|1 3|4 1|5 4|4 1|0 2|5
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
7 dominoes (2 doubles) fill 14 cells across 8 regions:
- 1 cell adding up to more than 4
- 3 cells that all show different numbers
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 2 cells adding up to more than 7
- 1 cell with no rule
- 2 cells adding up to more than 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 6
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 8
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
>4≠=>7>52668SpoilerPlace 4 of 7 dominoesShowHide
>4≠=11>7513>542668SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
>45≠2=11>751013>54266844
Hard
<3>3=5>12<315=>053973≠3035
Dominoes: 4|3 4|4 2|2 1|3 2|0 4|0 1|4 2|4 3|5 0|0 5|4 2|1 1|5 5|5 2|5 3|6
Hint 1What each region needsShowHide
16 dominoes (4 doubles) fill 32 cells across 22 regions:
- 1 cell adding up to less than 3
- 1 cell adding up to more than 3
- 3 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to more than 1
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 2
- 2 cells adding up to less than 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 1
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 2 cells that all show the same number
- 1 cell with no rule
- 1 cell adding up to more than 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 9
- 3 cells adding up to exactly 7
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 2 cells that all show different numbers
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 3
- 2 cells adding up to exactly 0
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 3
- 1 cell adding up to exactly 5
SpoilerPlace one dominoShowHide
<3>3=5>12<315=>0539733≠43035SpoilerPlace 8 of 16 dominoesShowHide
<32>34=445>122<32115=00>0453974233≠4301335SpoilerReveal the full solutionShowHide
<32>34=4455>1222<3211455=500>045533593674233≠4310011203355