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Pips : October 18, 2026

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Reveal answer and explanation

Answer board

Easy board

#1376

1D5 · r1c3 R14D5 · r1c4 R25D3 · r2c1 R31D3 · r2c2 R11D1 · r2c3 R11D4 · r3c1 R11D4 · r3c2 R16D1 · r3c3 R43D2 · r4c3 R44D2 · r4c4 R5
Region rules and coordinates
  1. R1: sum 5 · r1c3, r2c2, r2c3, r3c1, r3c2
  2. R2: greater 3 · r1c4
  3. R3: sum 5 · r2c1
  4. R4: sum 9 · r3c3, r4c3
  5. R5: empty · r4c4

sum = target total; equals = same value; unequal = all different values; less = total below target; greater = total above target; empty = no constraint. D labels identify dominoes; R labels identify regions.

Domino placements

Rows and columns below start at 1, from the top left.

  1. 6–1: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
  2. 4–3: row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 3
  3. 1–5: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 1
  4. 1–1: row 3, column 1 → row 3, column 2
  5. 4–1: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 3

Medium board

#1380

5D4 · r1c1 R14D6 · r1c2 R23D4 · r2c1 R14D6 · r2c2 R35D7 · r2c3 R32D5 · r2c4 R41D5 · r2c5 R56D3 · r2c6 R63D1 · r3c2 R32D7 · r3c3 R42D2 · r3c4 R44D2 · r3c5 R74D3 · r3c6 R66D1 · r4c2 R3
Region rules and coordinates
  1. R1: greater 7 · r1c1, r2c1
  2. R2: sum 4 · r1c2
  3. R3: unequal · r2c2, r2c3, r3c2, r4c2
  4. R4: equals · r2c4, r3c3, r3c4
  5. R5: less 2 · r2c5
  6. R6: sum 10 · r2c6, r3c6
  7. R7: less 5 · r3c5

sum = target total; equals = same value; unequal = all different values; less = total below target; greater = total above target; empty = no constraint. D labels identify dominoes; R labels identify regions.

Domino placements

Rows and columns below start at 1, from the top left.

  1. 6–3: row 4, column 2 → row 3, column 2
  2. 4–2: row 3, column 5 → row 3, column 4
  3. 6–4: row 2, column 6 → row 3, column 6
  4. 5–3: row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1
  5. 2–1: row 2, column 4 → row 2, column 5
  6. 4–4: row 1, column 2 → row 2, column 2
  7. 2–5: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3

Hard board

#1388

2D5 · r1c1 R10D5 · r1c2 R16D11 · r1c5 R24D10 · r1c8 R31D7 · r2c1 R44D9 · r2c3 R56D11 · r2c5 R26D10 · r2c8 R34D7 · r3c1 R63D9 · r3c3 R76D3 · r3c5 R22D3 · r3c6 R82D14 · r3c7 R82D14 · r3c8 R32D2 · r4c1 R93D2 · r4c2 R92D15 · r4c6 R82D13 · r4c7 R83D12 · r5c1 R91D4 · r5c3 R101D15 · r5c6 R115D13 · r5c7 R125D12 · r6c1 R133D4 · r6c3 R102D8 · r6c6 R143D6 · r6c7 R156D1 · r7c1 R163D1 · r7c2 R164D8 · r7c6 R140D6 · r7c7 R15
Region rules and coordinates
  1. R1: sum 2 · r1c1, r1c2
  2. R2: equals · r1c5, r2c5, r3c5
  3. R3: sum 12 · r1c8, r2c8, r3c8
  4. R4: less 2 · r2c1
  5. R5: empty · r2c3
  6. R6: empty · r3c1
  7. R7: empty · r3c3
  8. R8: equals · r3c6, r3c7, r4c6, r4c7
  9. R9: less 9 · r4c1, r4c2, r5c1
  10. R10: less 5 · r5c3, r6c3
  11. R11: less 2 · r5c6
  12. R12: greater 4 · r5c7
  13. R13: sum 5 · r6c1
  14. R14: less 7 · r6c6, r7c6
  15. R15: sum 3 · r6c7, r7c7
  16. R16: sum 9 · r7c1, r7c2

sum = target total; equals = same value; unequal = all different values; less = total below target; greater = total above target; empty = no constraint. D labels identify dominoes; R labels identify regions.

Domino placements

Rows and columns below start at 1, from the top left.

  1. 6–3: row 7, column 1 → row 7, column 2
  2. 3–2: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 1
  3. 6–2: row 3, column 5 → row 3, column 6
  4. 1–3: row 5, column 3 → row 6, column 3
  5. 2–0: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
  6. 0–3: row 7, column 7 → row 6, column 7
  7. 1–4: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
  8. 2–4: row 6, column 6 → row 7, column 6
  9. 3–4: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
  10. 4–6: row 1, column 8 → row 2, column 8
  11. 6–6: row 1, column 5 → row 2, column 5
  12. 5–3: row 6, column 1 → row 5, column 1
  13. 2–5: row 4, column 7 → row 5, column 7
  14. 2–2: row 3, column 7 → row 3, column 8
  15. 2–1: row 4, column 6 → row 5, column 6

Sunday’s set is Easy #1376, Medium #1380 and Hard #1388, by Ian Livengood and Rodolfo Kurchan, edited by Ian Livengood. The hard board uses 15 dominoes across 16 regions, including 7 single-cell regions.

Read each region’s rule before placing dominoes. A single-cell sum gives an exact value; a less-than or greater-than rule gives a range, and an unmarked region adds no constraint. Use the remaining dominoes and neighboring placements to narrow the possibilities.

Correction: A single-cell region does not always determine one pip value. Its rule may give an exact sum, an inequality or no additional constraint.

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