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Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · edited by Ian Livengood

Today's Pips: easy has 5 dominoes, medium has 7 dominoes, hard has 12 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 7, 2026, solved1>29>19

Where each domino goes

  1. 0–3: 0 on R1C2, 3 on R1C3
  2. 4–1: 4 on R3C3, 1 on R3C2
  3. 1–2: 1 on R1C1, 2 on R2C1
  4. 2–5: 2 on R1C5, 5 on R1C4
  5. 5–4: 5 on R3C4, 4 on R2C4

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R1C2 (must total 1): 1 + 0 = 1
  • R1C3 (must total more than 2): 3
  • R1C4, R2C4 (must total 9): 5 + 4 = 9
  • R1C5 (must total more than 1): 2
  • R3C3, R3C4 (must total 9): 4 + 5 = 9

Medium Pips answer (7 dominoes · by Ian Livengood)

Medium Pips for October 7, 2026, solved=>4<24

Where each domino goes

  1. 0–6: 0 on R3C3, 6 on R2C3
  2. 3–0: 3 on R2C1, 0 on R3C1
  3. 0–0: 0 on R3C2, 0 on R4C2
  4. 0–1: 0 on R3C4, 1 on R4C4
  5. 4–0: 4 on R5C3, 0 on R4C3
  6. 1–4: 1 on R4C1, 4 on R5C1
  7. 3–3: 3 on R1C2, 3 on R2C2

Every region, checked

  • R1C2, R2C1, R2C2 (all the same number): 3 + 3 + 3
  • R2C3 (must total more than 4): 6
  • R3C1, R3C2, R3C3, R3C4, R4C2, R4C3, R4C4 (must total less than 2): 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 1
  • R5C1 (must total 4): 4

Hard Pips answer (12 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Hard Pips for October 7, 2026, solved>105>66=0≠11=5

Where each domino goes

  1. 2–0: 2 on R1C8, 0 on R2C8
  2. 4–1: 4 on R5C1, 1 on R6C1
  3. 6–2: 6 on R1C2, 2 on R1C3
  4. 4–6: 4 on R6C6, 6 on R6C7
  5. 6–6: 6 on R5C8, 6 on R6C8
  6. 4–3: 4 on R6C5, 3 on R5C5
  7. 5–1: 5 on R1C5, 1 on R2C5
  8. 5–0: 5 on R3C5, 0 on R4C5
  9. 3–5: 3 on R6C2, 5 on R6C3
  10. 0–0: 0 on R3C8, 0 on R4C8
  11. 3–1: 3 on R1C1, 1 on R2C1
  12. 4–2: 4 on R3C1, 2 on R4C1

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R1C2, R1C3 (must total more than 10): 3 + 6 + 2 = 11
  • R1C5 (must total 5): 5
  • R2C1, R3C1, R4C1 (must total more than 6): 1 + 4 + 2 = 7
  • R2C5, R3C5 (must total 6): 1 + 5 = 6
  • R2C8, R3C8, R4C8 (all the same number): 0 + 0 + 0
  • R4C5 (must total 0): 0
  • R5C1, R6C1, R6C2 (all different numbers): 4 + 1 + 3
  • R5C5, R6C5, R6C6 (must total 11): 3 + 4 + 4 = 11
  • R5C8, R6C7, R6C8 (all the same number): 6 + 6 + 6
  • R6C3 (must total 5): 5
Every cell of an equals region takes one value, so a double laid inside it fills two of its cells at once.
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