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Friday, October 2, 2026 · edited by Ian Livengood

Today's Pips: easy has 5 dominoes, medium has 7 dominoes, hard has 15 dominoes; the hard board is by Rodolfo Kurchan.

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 October 2, 2026, solved=<25==

Where each domino goes

  1. 1–1: 1 on R4C3, 1 on R5C3
  2. 1–2: 1 on R4C2, 2 on R3C2
  3. 6–3: 6 on R2C1, 3 on R3C1
  4. 6–1: 6 on R1C1, 1 on R1C2
  5. 5–5: 5 on R6C2, 5 on R6C3

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R2C1 (all the same number): 6 + 6
  • R1C2 (must total less than 2): 1
  • R3C1, R3C2 (must total 5): 3 + 2 = 5
  • R4C2, R4C3, R5C3 (all the same number): 1 + 1 + 1
  • R6C2, R6C3 (all the same number): 5 + 5

Medium Pips answer (7 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Medium Pips for October 2, 2026, solved=8>21105>1

Where each domino goes

  1. 2–1: 2 on R5C2, 1 on R4C2
  2. 3–3: 3 on R1C4, 3 on R2C4
  3. 5–2: 5 on R3C4, 2 on R4C4
  4. 0–5: 0 on R3C5, 5 on R2C5
  5. 1–4: 1 on R3C2, 4 on R3C1
  6. 5–3: 5 on R3C3, 3 on R4C3
  7. 2–2: 2 on R2C2, 2 on R2C3

Every region, checked

  • R2C2, R2C3 (all the same number): 2 + 2
  • R2C4, R2C5 (must total 8): 3 + 5 = 8
  • R3C1 (must total more than 2): 4
  • R3C2, R3C3, R3C4 (must total 11): 1 + 5 + 5 = 11
  • R3C5 (must total 0): 0
  • R4C3, R4C4 (must total 5): 3 + 2 = 5
  • R5C2 (must total more than 1): 2

Hard Pips answer (15 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Hard Pips for October 2, 2026, solved==1595732315341<3>502

Where each domino goes

  1. 4–6: 4 on R5C4, 6 on R6C4
  2. 3–3: 3 on R4C2, 3 on R5C2
  3. 2–3: 2 on R4C4, 3 on R4C5
  4. 1–3: 1 on R6C1, 3 on R5C1
  5. 1–0: 1 on R6C2, 0 on R6C3
  6. 2–0: 2 on R2C2, 0 on R3C2
  7. 1–5: 1 on R1C6, 5 on R1C5
  8. 4–2: 4 on R5C6, 2 on R6C6
  9. 3–6: 3 on R3C6, 6 on R4C6
  10. 5–5: 5 on R1C4, 5 on R2C4
  11. 5–6: 5 on R2C5, 6 on R2C6
  12. 4–5: 4 on R4C1, 5 on R3C1
  13. 2–5: 2 on R1C1, 5 on R2C1
  14. 2–2: 2 on R1C2, 2 on R1C3
  15. 5–0: 5 on R5C5, 0 on R6C5

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R1C2, R1C3, R2C2 (all the same number): 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
  • R1C4, R1C5, R2C4, R2C5 (all the same number): 5 + 5 + 5 + 5
  • R1C6 (must total 1): 1
  • R2C1 (must total 5): 5
  • R2C6, R3C6 (must total 9): 6 + 3 = 9
  • R3C1, R3C2 (must total 5): 5 + 0 = 5
  • R4C1, R5C1 (must total 7): 4 + 3 = 7
  • R4C2 (must total 3): 3
  • R4C4 (must total 2): 2
  • R4C5 (must total 3): 3
  • R4C6, R5C5, R5C6 (must total 15): 6 + 5 + 4 = 15
  • R5C2 (must total 3): 3
  • R5C4 (must total 4): 4
  • R6C1 (must total 1): 1
  • R6C2, R6C3 (must total less than 3): 1 + 0 = 1
  • R6C4 (must total more than 5): 6
  • R6C5 (must total 0): 0
  • R6C6 (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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