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Thursday, October 22, 2026 · edited by Ian Livengood

Easy 5 · Medium 7 · Hard 11 dominoes. The hard board has 14 regions and 2 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 October 22, 2026, solved6>4=66

Where each domino goes

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

Every region, checked

  • R1C2, R2C2 (must total 6): 3 + 3 = 6
  • R2C3 (must total more than 4): 5
  • R3C1, R3C2 (all the same number): 0 + 0
  • R3C3, R3C4 (must total 6): 0 + 6 = 6
  • R4C3, R4C4 (must total 6): 0 + 6 = 6

Medium Pips answer (7 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Medium Pips for October 22, 2026, solved6<6=7≠01

Where each domino goes

  1. 4–3: 4 on R4C2, 3 on R4C3
  2. 4–1: 4 on R2C1, 1 on R2C2
  3. 6–6: 6 on R3C1, 6 on R3C2
  4. 0–2: 0 on R4C4, 2 on R3C4
  5. 2–4: 2 on R1C3, 4 on R1C2
  6. 5–3: 5 on R3C3, 3 on R2C3
  7. 5–1: 5 on R5C3, 1 on R5C4

Every region, checked

  • R1C2, R1C3 (must total 6): 4 + 2 = 6
  • R2C1, R2C2 (must total less than 6): 4 + 1 = 5
  • R3C1, R3C2 (all the same number): 6 + 6
  • R3C3, R3C4 (must total 7): 5 + 2 = 7
  • R4C2, R4C3, R5C3 (all different numbers): 4 + 3 + 5
  • R4C4 (must total 0): 0
  • R5C4 (must total 1): 1

Hard Pips answer (11 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Hard Pips for October 22, 2026, solved≠26<292026=2≠2

Where each domino goes

  1. 4–6: 4 on R4C7, 6 on R3C7
  2. 4–2: 4 on R3C3, 2 on R3C2
  3. 0–2: 0 on R1C6, 2 on R1C5
  4. 1–1: 1 on R4C1, 1 on R5C1
  5. 6–2: 6 on R1C3, 2 on R2C3
  6. 4–0: 4 on R1C1, 0 on R1C2
  7. 1–3: 1 on R5C7, 3 on R6C7
  8. 1–0: 1 on R1C9, 0 on R1C8
  9. 4–5: 4 on R2C1, 5 on R3C1
  10. 2–2: 2 on R4C3, 2 on R5C3
  11. 0–6: 0 on R2C7, 6 on R1C7

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R1C2, R1C3 (all different numbers): 4 + 0 + 6
  • R1C5 (must total 2): 2
  • R1C6, R1C7 (must total 6): 0 + 6 = 6
  • R1C8, R1C9 (must total less than 2): 0 + 1 = 1
  • R2C1, R3C1 (must total 9): 4 + 5 = 9
  • R2C3 (must total 2): 2
  • R2C7 (must total 0): 0
  • R3C2 (must total 2): 2
  • R3C7 (must total 6): 6
  • R4C1, R5C1 (all the same number): 1 + 1
  • R4C3 (must total 2): 2
  • R4C7, R5C7, R6C7 (all different numbers): 4 + 1 + 3
  • R5C3 (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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