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Pips #44 (November 8, 2026): the three boards and their solutions

Easy, Medium and Hard from Sunday, November 8, 2026. Play them first; each board's answer is folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Pips #44 is day 44 of Puzzlune Pips: three domino boards for Sunday, November 8, 2026, Easy with 5 dominoes on a 5×3 grid, Medium with 7 dominoes on a 6×3 grid, Hard with 10 dominoes on a 8×4 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 #44 in numbers

Easy5×3 · 5 dominoes · 4 regions
Medium6×3 · 7 dominoes · 5 regions
Hard8×4 · 10 dominoes · 8 regions

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

The dominoes are 6–4, 1–4, 3–3, 4–5, 1–1: 32 pips over 10 cells. The 2 sum regions ask for 23 pips across 5 cells, so the remaining 5 cells share the other 9. 2 regions need every pip the same, which only doubles or matching halves of different dominoes can supply. This board accepts 4 valid arrangements; one is shown below.

RegionCellsRule
=3all pips equal
143adds up to 14 (average 4.7 per cell)
92adds up to 9 (average 4.5 per cell)
=2all 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: 6–4 down column 4, rows 2–3; 1–4 down column 5, rows 1–2; 3–3 down column 1, rows 2–3; 4–5 across row 1, columns 1–2; 1–1 across row 1, columns 3–4.

Medium: 6×3 board, 7 dominoes, 5 regions

The dominoes are 0–6, 0–2, 6–2, 0–1, 2–2, 4–4, 5–5: 39 pips over 14 cells. The 3 sum regions ask for 25 pips across 9 cells, so the remaining 5 cells share the other 14. 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
62adds up to 6 (average 3.0 per cell)
133adds up to 13 (average 4.3 per cell)
64adds up to 6 (average 1.5 per cell)
=3all pips equal
>62total above 6
Medium board: the solution

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

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

Hard: 8×4 board, 10 dominoes, 8 regions

The dominoes are 2–2, 0–0, 2–4, 1–0, 5–4, 3–6, 6–5, 2–5, 6–6, 0–3: 62 pips over 20 cells. The 4 sum regions ask for 13 pips across 8 cells, so the remaining 12 cells share the other 49. 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
32adds up to 3 (average 1.5 per cell)
=4all pips equal
72adds up to 7 (average 3.5 per cell)
32adds up to 3 (average 1.5 per cell)
>22total above 2
02adds up to 0 (average 0.0 per cell)
>133total above 13
Hard board: the solution

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

Domino by domino: 2–2 down column 2, rows 1–2; 0–0 down column 1, rows 2–3; 2–4 across row 3, columns 2–3; 1–0 across row 2, columns 3–4; 5–4 down column 6, rows 3–4; 3–6 across row 1, columns 4–5; 6–5 down column 6, rows 1–2; 2–5 across row 2, columns 7–8; 6–6 down column 5, rows 2–3; 0–3 down column 4, rows 3–4.

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