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Pips #27 (October 22, 2026): the three boards and their solutions

Easy, Medium and Hard from Thursday, October 22, 2026. Play them first; each board's answer is folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Pips #27 is day 27 of Puzzlune Pips: three domino boards for Thursday, October 22, 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 #27 in numbers

Easy4×4 · 5 dominoes · 3 regions
Medium5×4 · 7 dominoes · 5 regions
Hard6×5 · 10 dominoes · 8 regions

Easy: 4×4 board, 5 dominoes, 3 regions

The dominoes are 1–4, 2–2, 3–2, 6–6, 6–3: 35 pips over 10 cells. The 2 sum regions ask for 29 pips across 7 cells, so the remaining 3 cells share the other 6. 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
114adds up to 11 (average 2.8 per cell)
183adds up to 18 (average 6.0 per cell)
=3all pips equal
Easy board: the solution

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

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

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

The dominoes are 2–2, 2–0, 2–5, 5–0, 6–3, 0–6, 1–0: 34 pips over 14 cells. The 3 sum regions ask for 14 pips across 9 cells, so the remaining 5 cells share the other 20. 1 region needs every pip the same, which only doubles or matching halves of different dominoes can supply. 1 region needs all pips different. This board accepts 2 valid arrangements; one is shown below.

RegionCellsRule
13adds up to 1 (average 0.3 per cell)
=2all pips equal
≠3all pips different
52adds up to 5 (average 2.5 per cell)
84adds up to 8 (average 2.0 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 2, columns 1–2; 2–0 across row 1, columns 2–3; 2–5 across row 3, columns 2–3; 5–0 across row 4, columns 3–4; 6–3 down column 5, rows 2–3; 0–6 across row 1, columns 4–5; 1–0 down column 4, rows 2–3.

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

The dominoes are 4–3, 4–0, 1–1, 1–0, 4–4, 2–0, 6–0, 0–0, 6–4, 5–0: 45 pips over 20 cells. The 6 sum regions ask for 42 pips across 13 cells, so the remaining 7 cells share the other 3. 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
=3all pips equal
=4all pips equal
62adds up to 6 (average 3.0 per cell)
22adds up to 2 (average 1.0 per cell)
113adds up to 11 (average 3.7 per cell)
42adds up to 4 (average 2.0 per cell)
82adds up to 8 (average 4.0 per cell)
112adds up to 11 (average 5.5 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: 4–3 down column 5, rows 4–5; 4–0 down column 3, rows 4–5; 1–1 down column 1, rows 3–4; 1–0 across row 2, columns 1–2; 4–4 across row 1, columns 2–3; 2–0 down column 3, rows 2–3; 6–0 across row 1, columns 4–5; 0–0 down column 6, rows 2–3; 6–4 across row 3, columns 4–5; 5–0 across row 2, columns 4–5.

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