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Tuesday, October 13, 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 13, 2026, solved6666=2

Where each domino goes

  1. 6–6: 6 on R1C3, 6 on R1C4
  2. 6–1: 6 on R4C4, 1 on R4C3
  3. 3–6: 3 on R2C2, 6 on R2C1
  4. 1–3: 1 on R4C2, 3 on R3C2
  5. 6–0: 6 on R3C4, 0 on R2C4

Every region, checked

  • R1C3 (must total 6): 6
  • R1C4, R2C4 (must total 6): 6 + 0 = 6
  • R2C1 (must total 6): 6
  • R2C2, R3C2 (must total 6): 3 + 3 = 6
  • R3C4, R4C4 (all the same number): 6 + 6
  • R4C2, R4C3 (must total 2): 1 + 1 = 2

Medium Pips answer (7 dominoes · by Ian Livengood)

Medium Pips for October 13, 2026, solved>333>3<2>8<42

Where each domino goes

  1. 0–1: 0 on R2C4, 1 on R2C5
  2. 0–0: 0 on R3C1, 0 on R3C2
  3. 1–5: 1 on R2C2, 5 on R2C3
  4. 4–3: 4 on R3C3, 3 on R3C4
  5. 4–2: 4 on R1C6, 2 on R1C5
  6. 3–5: 3 on R1C4, 5 on R1C3
  7. 0–2: 0 on R2C6, 2 on R3C6

Every region, checked

  • R1C3 (must total more than 3): 5
  • R1C4 (must total 3): 3
  • R1C5, R2C5 (must total 3): 2 + 1 = 3
  • R1C6, R2C6 (must total more than 3): 4 + 0 = 4
  • R2C2, R3C1, R3C2 (must total less than 2): 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
  • R2C3, R3C3 (must total more than 8): 5 + 4 = 9
  • R2C4, R3C4 (must total less than 4): 0 + 3 = 3
  • R3C6 (must total 2): 2

Hard Pips answer (12 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Hard Pips for October 13, 2026, solved4<21==74≠>2<3810<54

Where each domino goes

  1. 4–3: 4 on R3C6, 3 on R4C6
  2. 2–5: 2 on R2C4, 5 on R3C4
  3. 6–1: 6 on R1C3, 1 on R1C4
  4. 0–6: 0 on R4C3, 6 on R4C4
  5. 3–1: 3 on R6C7, 1 on R6C8
  6. 2–2: 2 on R1C6, 2 on R2C6
  7. 2–6: 2 on R6C4, 6 on R5C4
  8. 3–5: 3 on R4C1, 5 on R4C2
  9. 4–6: 4 on R5C6, 6 on R6C6
  10. 3–3: 3 on R2C1, 3 on R3C1
  11. 2–4: 2 on R5C1, 4 on R6C1
  12. 4–1: 4 on R1C1, 1 on R1C2

Every region, checked

  • R1C1 (must total 4): 4
  • R1C2 (must total less than 2): 1
  • R1C4 (must total 1): 1
  • R1C6, R2C6 (all the same number): 2 + 2
  • R2C1, R3C1, R4C1 (all the same number): 3 + 3 + 3
  • R2C4, R3C4 (must total 7): 2 + 5 = 7
  • R3C6 (must total 4): 4
  • R4C2, R4C3, R4C4 (all different numbers): 5 + 0 + 6
  • R4C6 (must total more than 2): 3
  • R5C1 (must total less than 3): 2
  • R5C4, R6C4 (must total 8): 6 + 2 = 8
  • R5C6, R6C6 (must total 10): 4 + 6 = 10
  • R6C1 (must total less than 5): 4
  • R6C7, R6C8 (must total 4): 3 + 1 = 4
Count the tray before you start: if a value appears once, the region that needs it has only one candidate.
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