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Monday, October 5, 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 5, 2026, solved49<1936

Where each domino goes

  1. 4–3: 4 on R3C4, 3 on R2C4
  2. 4–5: 4 on R1C3, 5 on R1C4
  3. 0–1: 0 on R2C1, 1 on R1C1
  4. 2–3: 2 on R3C3, 3 on R3C2
  5. 6–3: 6 on R2C2, 3 on R1C2

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R1C2 (must total 4): 1 + 3 = 4
  • R1C3, R1C4 (must total 9): 4 + 5 = 9
  • R2C1 (must total less than 1): 0
  • R2C2, R3C2 (must total 9): 6 + 3 = 9
  • R2C4 (must total 3): 3
  • R3C3, R3C4 (must total 6): 2 + 4 = 6

Medium Pips answer (7 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Medium Pips for October 5, 2026, solved7<54<6=>4<2<4

Where each domino goes

  1. 5–3: 5 on R4C3, 3 on R3C3
  2. 5–2: 5 on R2C3, 2 on R1C3
  3. 3–3: 3 on R3C1, 3 on R3C2
  4. 4–6: 4 on R1C4, 6 on R2C4
  5. 1–4: 1 on R4C4, 4 on R3C4
  6. 2–6: 2 on R4C5, 6 on R3C5
  7. 5–4: 5 on R2C2, 4 on R2C1

Every region, checked

  • R1C3, R2C3 (must total 7): 2 + 5 = 7
  • R1C4 (must total less than 5): 4
  • R2C1 (must total 4): 4
  • R2C2 (must total less than 6): 5
  • R3C1, R3C2, R3C3 (all the same number): 3 + 3 + 3
  • R4C3 (must total more than 4): 5
  • R4C4 (must total less than 2): 1
  • R4C5 (must total less than 4): 2

Hard Pips answer (15 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Hard Pips for October 5, 2026, solved610=3846319621142=2

Where each domino goes

  1. 0–1: 0 on R1C3, 1 on R1C2
  2. 5–0: 5 on R6C4, 0 on R6C5
  3. 6–1: 6 on R4C6, 1 on R3C6
  4. 2–4: 2 on R2C4, 4 on R2C3
  5. 6–3: 6 on R3C1, 3 on R4C1
  6. 4–4: 4 on R1C6, 4 on R2C6
  7. 2–6: 2 on R5C5, 6 on R5C4
  8. 2–2: 2 on R5C2, 2 on R6C2
  9. 0–6: 0 on R2C1, 6 on R1C1
  10. 0–2: 0 on R3C5, 2 on R2C5
  11. 3–3: 3 on R5C1, 3 on R6C1
  12. 3–2: 3 on R1C5, 2 on R1C4
  13. 1–3: 1 on R5C3, 3 on R6C3
  14. 3–0: 3 on R3C2, 0 on R2C2
  15. 0–0: 0 on R5C6, 0 on R6C6

Every region, checked

  • R1C1 (must total 6): 6
  • R1C2, R2C1, R2C2 (must total 1): 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
  • R1C3 (must total 0): 0
  • R1C4, R2C4, R2C5 (all the same number): 2 + 2 + 2
  • R1C5 (must total 3): 3
  • R1C6, R2C6 (must total 8): 4 + 4 = 8
  • R2C3 (must total 4): 4
  • R3C1 (must total 6): 6
  • R3C2 (must total 3): 3
  • R3C5, R3C6 (must total 1): 0 + 1 = 1
  • R4C1, R5C1, R6C1 (must total 9): 3 + 3 + 3 = 9
  • R4C6 (must total 6): 6
  • R5C2 (must total 2): 2
  • R5C3 (must total 1): 1
  • R5C4, R6C3, R6C4 (must total 14): 6 + 3 + 5 = 14
  • R5C5 (must total 2): 2
  • R5C6, R6C5, R6C6 (all the same number): 0 + 0 + 0
  • R6C2 (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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