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Wednesday, September 30, 2026 · edited by Ian Livengood

Easy 5 · Medium 7 · Hard 15 dominoes. The hard board has 15 regions and 3 doubles.

Cells are written row then column from the top-left (R1C1). Each domino is read in the Times’ own orientation: its first number on the first cell listed.

Easy Pips answer (5 dominoes · by Ian Livengood)

Easy Pips for September 30, 2026, solved1=110

Where each domino goes

  1. 6–0: 6 on R2C2, 0 on R2C3
  2. 1–3: 1 on R1C4, 3 on R1C5
  3. 5–4: 5 on R3C5, 4 on R3C4
  4. 5–1: 5 on R2C5, 1 on R2C4
  5. 6–6: 6 on R3C1, 6 on R3C2

Every region, checked

  • R1C4 (must total 1): 1
  • R2C2, R3C1, R3C2 (all the same number): 6 + 6 + 6
  • R2C3, R2C4 (must total 1): 0 + 1 = 1
  • R2C5, R3C5 (must total 10): 5 + 5 = 10

Medium Pips answer (7 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Medium Pips for September 30, 2026, solved11<2≠<82=

Where each domino goes

  1. 1–4: 1 on R1C2, 4 on R2C2
  2. 2–5: 2 on R3C3, 5 on R2C3
  3. 2–2: 2 on R4C2, 2 on R4C3
  4. 5–3: 5 on R1C1, 3 on R2C1
  5. 6–4: 6 on R1C3, 4 on R1C4
  6. 2–3: 2 on R3C2, 3 on R3C1
  7. 2–1: 2 on R2C4, 1 on R2C5

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R2C1, R3C1 (must total 11): 5 + 3 + 3 = 11
  • R1C2 (must total less than 2): 1
  • R1C3, R2C2, R2C3 (all different numbers): 6 + 4 + 5
  • R1C4, R2C4, R2C5 (must total less than 8): 4 + 2 + 1 = 7
  • R3C2 (must total 2): 2
  • R3C3, R4C2, R4C3 (all the same number): 2 + 2 + 2

Hard Pips answer (15 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Hard Pips for September 30, 2026, solved=6322299<1>4=>4≠2

Where each domino goes

  1. 0–0: 0 on R1C5, 0 on R1C6
  2. 4–1: 4 on R2C2, 1 on R2C3
  3. 3–2: 3 on R6C4, 2 on R6C5
  4. 2–6: 2 on R4C6, 6 on R3C6
  5. 4–5: 4 on R6C1, 5 on R5C1
  6. 4–0: 4 on R4C1, 0 on R4C2
  7. 1–5: 1 on R3C3, 5 on R3C2
  8. 2–4: 2 on R1C2, 4 on R1C1
  9. 3–4: 3 on R1C4, 4 on R1C3
  10. 4–6: 4 on R2C5, 6 on R2C6
  11. 3–1: 3 on R6C2, 1 on R6C3
  12. 2–2: 2 on R5C6, 2 on R6C6
  13. 2–5: 2 on R5C5, 5 on R5C4
  14. 4–4: 4 on R2C1, 4 on R3C1
  15. 5–6: 5 on R4C5, 6 on R3C5

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R2C1, R2C2 (all the same number): 4 + 4 + 4
  • R1C2, R1C3 (must total 6): 2 + 4 = 6
  • R1C4, R1C5, R1C6 (must total 3): 3 + 0 + 0 = 3
  • R2C3, R3C3 (must total 2): 1 + 1 = 2
  • R2C5, R2C6, R3C5, R3C6 (must total 22): 4 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 22
  • R3C1, R3C2 (must total 9): 4 + 5 = 9
  • R4C1, R5C1 (must total 9): 4 + 5 = 9
  • R4C2 (must total less than 1): 0
  • R4C5 (must total more than 4): 5
  • R4C6, R5C5, R5C6, R6C6 (all the same number): 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
  • R5C4 (must total more than 4): 5
  • R6C3, R6C4 (all different numbers): 1 + 3
  • R6C5 (must total 2): 2
Count the tray before you start: if a value appears once, the region that needs it has only one candidate.
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