Pips — October 25, 2026
Easy · Medium · Hard · Today’s solutions for all three boards, kept below the hints.
Three domino boards today — a five-tile Easy, a seven-tile Medium and a sixteen-tile Hard where every cell carries its own exact number. Hints first, finished grids below.
Hints for today’s Pips
Gentle nudge: On Easy, start with the three-cell region that must total less than 1 — only blank ends can live there.
Stronger hint: On Medium, the equals region is a double: look for the 3-3 tile. On Hard, anchor on the single 6 near the centre of the board and work outward.
Reveal: Easy’s first tile is the 5-3 across the top row; Medium opens with the 0-0 across row 1; Hard’s keystone is the 3-6 across row 3.
Today’s Pips answers
Spoiler warning: The answer is in the box below. Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.
Easy (5 dominoes, by Ian Livengood): dominoes 5-3, 0-3, 0-1, 0-2, 1-4. Finished grid, rows top to bottom: 5 3 0 3 / – 0 0 – / – 1 2 – / – 1 4 –.
Medium (7 dominoes, by Rodolfo Kurchan): dominoes 0-0, 3-3, 3-1, 2-3, 6-0, 5-6, 2-4. Finished grid: – 3 0 0 / – 1 2 – / 3 3 3 6 / – 2 4 0 / – 5 6 –.
Hard (16 dominoes, by Rodolfo Kurchan): finished grid: 2 5 3 2 5 – / 0 0 3 4 3 – / 3 3 3 6 2 5 / 1 4 4 1 2 0 / – 0 1 5 0 1 / – 4 5 1 4 2.
Difficulty note: Hard earns its name through bookkeeping, not tricky regions — every cell states its exact total, so the puzzle is pairing neighbours into the right tiles.
Yesterday’s answer: Yesterday’s Pips (October 24, 2026): five dominoes on Easy, seven on Medium and sixteen on Hard, with the Hard board again built from single-cell exact totals.
Frequently asked questions
What are today’s Pips answers for October 25, 2026?
Easy finishes 5 3 0 3 / – 0 0 – / – 1 2 – / – 1 4 –; Medium finishes – 3 0 0 / – 1 2 – / 3 3 3 6 / – 2 4 0 / – 5 6 –; Hard finishes 2 5 3 2 5 – / 0 0 3 4 3 – / 3 3 3 6 2 5 / 1 4 4 1 2 0 / – 0 1 5 0 1 / – 4 5 1 4 2.
Where should I start today’s Pips?
On Easy, the region totalling less than 1; on Hard, the cell marked 6 near the centre.
How many dominoes are in each Pips board today?
Easy has 5, Medium has 7 and Hard has 16.
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