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Monday, October 26, 2026 · edited by Ian Livengood

Easy 5 · Medium 7 · Hard 16 dominoes. The hard board has 22 regions and 4 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 26, 2026, solved=7711

Where each domino goes

  1. 5–5: 5 on R4C1, 5 on R4C2
  2. 6–4: 6 on R3C4, 4 on R2C4
  3. 1–6: 1 on R4C4, 6 on R4C3
  4. 2–1: 2 on R3C1, 1 on R2C1
  5. 1–1: 1 on R1C1, 1 on R1C2

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R1C2, R2C1 (all the same number): 1 + 1 + 1
  • R3C1, R4C1 (must total 7): 2 + 5 = 7
  • R3C4, R4C4 (must total 7): 6 + 1 = 7
  • R4C2, R4C3 (must total 11): 5 + 6 = 11

Medium Pips answer (7 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Medium Pips for October 26, 2026, solved>2=4<1<5≠5>2

Where each domino goes

  1. 0–5: 0 on R2C2, 5 on R3C2
  2. 1–3: 1 on R1C2, 3 on R1C1
  3. 6–4: 6 on R3C1, 4 on R2C1
  4. 2–5: 2 on R3C3, 5 on R4C3
  5. 1–1: 1 on R1C3, 1 on R2C3
  6. 4–5: 4 on R3C4, 5 on R2C4
  7. 2–1: 2 on R2C5, 1 on R3C5

Every region, checked

  • R1C1 (must total more than 2): 3
  • R1C2, R1C3, R2C3 (all the same number): 1 + 1 + 1
  • R2C1 (must total 4): 4
  • R2C2 (must total less than 1): 0
  • R2C5 (must total less than 5): 2
  • R3C1, R3C2 (all different numbers): 6 + 5
  • R3C4, R3C5 (must total 5): 4 + 1 = 5
  • R4C3 (must total more than 2): 5

Hard Pips answer (16 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Hard Pips for October 26, 2026, solved5455=42=260265>873183

Where each domino goes

  1. 5–3: 5 on R1C8, 3 on R2C8
  2. 5–2: 5 on R4C6, 2 on R5C6
  3. 6–1: 6 on R4C5, 1 on R5C5
  4. 0–6: 0 on R6C7, 6 on R6C6
  5. 1–0: 1 on R3C3, 0 on R3C4
  6. 4–0: 4 on R5C2, 0 on R4C2
  7. 1–1: 1 on R4C3, 1 on R5C3
  8. 2–3: 2 on R4C4, 3 on R5C4
  9. 2–6: 2 on R3C8, 6 on R3C9
  10. 0–0: 0 on R4C7, 0 on R5C7
  11. 3–6: 3 on R5C9, 6 on R4C9
  12. 5–1: 5 on R3C1, 1 on R3C2
  13. 0–5: 0 on R3C7, 5 on R2C7
  14. 2–4: 2 on R3C6, 4 on R3C5
  15. 3–3: 3 on R6C2, 3 on R6C3
  16. 4–4: 4 on R1C9, 4 on R2C9

Every region, checked

  • R1C8 (must total 5): 5
  • R1C9 (must total 4): 4
  • R2C7 (must total 5): 5
  • R3C1 (must total 5): 5
  • R3C2, R3C3, R4C3, R5C3 (all the same number): 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
  • R3C4, R3C5 (must total 4): 0 + 4 = 4
  • R3C6 (must total 2): 2
  • R3C7, R4C7, R5C7, R6C7 (all the same number): 0 + 0 + 0 + 0
  • R3C8 (must total 2): 2
  • R3C9 (must total 6): 6
  • R4C2 (must total 0): 0
  • R4C4 (must total 2): 2
  • R4C5 (must total 6): 6
  • R4C6 (must total 5): 5
  • R4C9, R5C9 (must total more than 8): 6 + 3 = 9
  • R5C2, R6C2 (must total 7): 4 + 3 = 7
  • R5C4 (must total 3): 3
  • R5C5 (must total 1): 1
  • R5C6, R6C6 (must total 8): 2 + 6 = 8
  • R6C3 (must total 3): 3
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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