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Pips #2 (September 27, 2026): the three boards and their solutions

Easy, Medium and Hard from Sunday, September 27, 2026. Play them first; each board's answer is folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Pips #2 is day 2 of Puzzlune Pips: three domino boards for Sunday, September 27, 2026, Easy with 5 dominoes on a 4×4 grid, Medium with 7 dominoes on a 5×4 grid, Hard with 10 dominoes on a 6×5 grid. Every region on a board carries a rule, shown as a badge: a number means the pips inside add up to it, “=” means every pip is the same, “≠” means all different, and “<” or “>” compare the region's total to a number. Below, each board's regions are listed with what their rule demands, followed by the full placement.

Pips #2 in numbers

Easy4×4 · 5 dominoes · 4 regions
Medium5×4 · 7 dominoes · 5 regions
Hard6×5 · 10 dominoes · 8 regions

Easy: 4×4 board, 5 dominoes, 4 regions

The dominoes are 3–3, 1–1, 4–3, 6–3, 4–4: 32 pips over 10 cells. The 2 sum regions ask for 14 pips across 5 cells, so the remaining 5 cells share the other 18. 2 regions need every pip the same, which only doubles or matching halves of different dominoes can supply. This board accepts 3 valid arrangements; one is shown below.

RegionCellsRule
53adds up to 5 (average 1.7 per cell)
=3all pips equal
=2all pips equal
92adds up to 9 (average 4.5 per cell)
Easy board: the solution

Pip counts per cell; colours mark the regions, the small label is the region's rule.

Domino by domino: 3–3 across row 4, columns 1–2; 1–1 across row 4, columns 3–4; 4–3 across row 1, columns 2–3; 6–3 down column 3, rows 2–3; 4–4 down column 2, rows 2–3.

Medium: 5×4 board, 7 dominoes, 5 regions

The dominoes are 2–2, 6–6, 4–4, 2–3, 5–1, 1–4, 0–2: 42 pips over 14 cells. The 3 sum regions ask for 26 pips across 8 cells, so the remaining 6 cells share the other 16. 1 region needs every pip the same, which only doubles or matching halves of different dominoes can supply. This board accepts 2 valid arrangements; one is shown below.

RegionCellsRule
53adds up to 5 (average 1.7 per cell)
=3all pips equal
133adds up to 13 (average 4.3 per cell)
<113total below 11
82adds up to 8 (average 4.0 per cell)
Medium board: the solution

Pip counts per cell; colours mark the regions, the small label is the region's rule.

Domino by domino: 2–2 across row 1, columns 4–5; 6–6 across row 4, columns 1–2; 4–4 down column 4, rows 3–4; 2–3 across row 2, columns 1–2; 5–1 across row 1, columns 2–3; 1–4 across row 3, columns 2–3; 0–2 across row 2, columns 3–4.

Hard: 6×5 board, 10 dominoes, 8 regions

The dominoes are 4–2, 6–0, 5–5, 3–5, 6–6, 1–3, 3–3, 4–3, 2–6, 0–0: 67 pips over 20 cells. The 4 sum regions ask for 25 pips across 10 cells, so the remaining 10 cells share the other 42. 2 regions need every pip the same, which only doubles or matching halves of different dominoes can supply. This board accepts 8 valid arrangements; one is shown below.

RegionCellsRule
62adds up to 6 (average 3.0 per cell)
=3all pips equal
>102total above 10
23adds up to 2 (average 0.7 per cell)
103adds up to 10 (average 3.3 per cell)
>42total above 4
=3all pips equal
72adds up to 7 (average 3.5 per cell)
Hard board: the solution

Pip counts per cell; colours mark the regions, the small label is the region's rule.

Domino by domino: 4–2 across row 2, columns 5–6; 6–0 across row 3, columns 4–5; 5–5 across row 1, columns 4–5; 3–5 across row 2, columns 3–4; 6–6 across row 1, columns 2–3; 1–3 across row 3, columns 2–3; 3–3 across row 5, columns 2–3; 4–3 down column 4, rows 4–5; 2–6 across row 2, columns 1–2; 0–0 down column 1, rows 3–4.

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