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Pips #47 (November 11, 2026): the three boards and their solutions

Easy, Medium and Hard from Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Play them first; each board's answer is folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Pips #47 is day 47 of Puzzlune Pips: three domino boards for Wednesday, November 11, 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 #47 in numbers

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

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

The dominoes are 0–0, 3–3, 3–1, 5–0, 0–2: 17 pips over 10 cells. The 2 sum regions ask for 8 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
23adds up to 2 (average 0.7 per cell)
62adds up to 6 (average 3.0 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: 0–0 down column 1, rows 3–4; 3–3 down column 3, rows 1–2; 3–1 down column 2, rows 2–3; 5–0 across row 3, columns 3–4; 0–2 across row 4, columns 3–4.

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

The dominoes are 5–4, 1–1, 4–3, 0–1, 5–3, 6–2, 4–1: 40 pips over 14 cells. The 3 sum regions ask for 34 pips across 9 cells, so the remaining 5 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
112adds up to 11 (average 5.5 per cell)
<62total below 6
=3all pips equal
134adds up to 13 (average 3.3 per cell)
103adds up to 10 (average 3.3 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: 5–4 across row 1, columns 4–5; 1–1 down column 5, rows 3–4; 4–3 down column 3, rows 1–2; 0–1 down column 4, rows 2–3; 5–3 across row 3, columns 1–2; 6–2 across row 4, columns 1–2; 4–1 down column 3, rows 3–4.

Hard: 6×5 board, 10 dominoes, 7 regions

The dominoes are 0–0, 1–3, 4–3, 2–4, 5–6, 2–2, 3–5, 5–1, 0–3, 1–4: 54 pips over 20 cells. The 3 sum regions ask for 16 pips across 10 cells, so the remaining 10 cells share the other 38. 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
>113total above 11
73adds up to 7 (average 2.3 per cell)
33adds up to 3 (average 1.0 per cell)
=3all pips equal
64adds up to 6 (average 1.5 per cell)
=2all pips equal
>82total above 8
Hard board: the solution

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

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

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