Pips Hints for October 23, 2026
Three boards, three sets of hints: Easy, Medium and Hard. Each one starts with where to begin, then places a domino or two — the solved board stays hidden until you tap for it.
Easy
Hint 1 · Where to start
Start with the teal region marked = and the pink square marked 3. With the dominoes you have, each one allows only one set of numbers, so they anchor everything around them.
Hint 2 · A first domino
The 3–1 domino lies flat with its 3 in the pink square marked 3 and its 1 in the purple region marked 3.
Hint 3 · Halfway there
The double 4 stands upright inside the teal region marked =. The 2–4 domino lies flat with its 2 in the purple region marked 3 and its 4 in the teal region marked =. With these and the first one in place, the rest follows from the markings.
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Medium
Hint 1 · Where to start
Start with the purple square marked less than 2. It is the tightest spot on the board: only two combinations of numbers fit there, so try those first and let the neighbors follow.
Hint 2 · A first domino
The 1–4 domino stands upright with its 1 in the purple square marked less than 2 and its 4 on an unmarked square.
Hint 3 · Halfway there
The 5–6 domino stands upright with its 5 in the pink region marked 15 and its 6 in the purple region marked more than 7. The double 2 stands upright, one half in the purple region marked more than 7 and the other in the teal square marked more than 1. The double 4 lies flat inside the orange region marked =. With these and the first one in place, the rest follows from the markings.
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Hard
Hint 1 · Where to start
Start with the purple square marked 0 in the top row and the pink square marked 4 in the top row. With the dominoes you have, each one can hold only one number, so they anchor everything around them.
Hint 2 · A first domino
The 0–4 domino lies flat with its 0 in the purple square marked 0 in the top row and its 4 in the pink square marked 4 in the top row.
Hint 3 · Halfway there
The 1–2 domino stands upright with its 1 in the teal square marked 1 and its 2 in the pink square marked 2 in the second row. The 0–3 domino stands upright with its 0 in the orange square marked 0 and its 3 in the teal square marked 3. The 2–3 domino stands upright with its 2 in the blue square marked 2 and its 3 in the green square marked 3. The 1–3 domino lies flat with its 1 in the green square marked 1 in the second row and its 3 in the purple square marked 3 in the second row. The 0–1 domino stands upright with its 0 in the blue square marked 0 and its 1 in the orange square marked 1 in the second row. With these and the first one in place, the rest follows from the markings.
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How our Pips hints work
Hint 1 shows where to begin
The square or region that allows the fewest numbers. Most boards fall into place from there.
Hints 2 and 3 place dominoes
First one domino, then about half of them, and only dominoes that sit the same way in every correct solution.
The answer is the board we played
We play all three boards every day. When a board can be finished more than one way, we say so, because Pips accepts any board that meets every marking.