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Pips : October 19, 2026

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Reveal answer and explanation

Answer board

Easy board

#1379

5D4 · r1c1 R15D1 · r1c2 R15D1 · r1c3 R11D2 · r1c4 R24D4 · r2c1 R36D5 · r2c3 R42D2 · r2c4 R41D3 · r3c2 R52D5 · r3c3 R55D3 · r4c2 R6
Region rules and coordinates
  1. R1: equals · r1c1, r1c2, r1c3
  2. R2: empty · r1c4
  3. R3: greater 1 · r2c1
  4. R4: sum 8 · r2c3, r2c4
  5. R5: sum 3 · r3c2, r3c3
  6. R6: greater 3 · r4c2

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

Medium board

#1383

4D2 · r1c2 R12D2 · r1c3 R26D5 · r2c1 R31D5 · r2c2 R33D3 · r2c3 R26D3 · r2c4 R43D1 · r3c1 R50D4 · r3c2 R34D4 · r3c3 R65D6 · r3c4 R44D1 · r4c1 R74D7 · r4c3 R61D6 · r4c4 R44D7 · r5c3 R6
Region rules and coordinates
  1. R1: greater 3 · r1c2
  2. R2: greater 4 · r1c3, r2c3
  3. R3: unequal · r2c1, r2c2, r3c2
  4. R4: sum 12 · r2c4, r3c4, r4c4
  5. R5: sum 3 · r3c1
  6. R6: equals · r3c3, r4c3, r5c3
  7. R7: less 5 · r4c1

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. 4–3: row 4, column 1 → row 3, column 1
  2. 4–2: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
  3. 6–3: row 2, column 4 → row 2, column 3
  4. 0–4: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 3
  5. 6–1: row 2, column 1 → row 2, column 2
  6. 5–1: row 3, column 4 → row 4, column 4
  7. 4–4: row 4, column 3 → row 5, column 3

Hard board

#1391

4D3 · r1c1 R14D3 · r1c2 R14D7 · r1c3 R12D7 · r1c4 R21D5 · r1c6 R35D9 · r1c7 R33D9 · r1c8 R43D4 · r2c1 R56D5 · r2c6 R63D4 · r3c1 R56D1 · r3c2 R52D1 · r3c3 R70D8 · r3c6 R82D8 · r3c7 R95D10 · r4c1 R104D2 · r4c6 R115D10 · r5c1 R100D2 · r5c6 R116D6 · r5c7 R124D6 · r5c8 R13
Region rules and coordinates
  1. R1: equals · r1c1, r1c2, r1c3
  2. R2: sum 2 · r1c4
  3. R3: sum 6 · r1c6, r1c7
  4. R4: empty · r1c8
  5. R5: greater 11 · r2c1, r3c1, r3c2
  6. R6: sum 6 · r2c6
  7. R7: greater 1 · r3c3
  8. R8: empty · r3c6
  9. R9: sum 2 · r3c7
  10. R10: sum 10 · r4c1, r5c1
  11. R11: less 6 · r4c6, r5c6
  12. R12: sum 6 · r5c7
  13. R13: greater 2 · r5c8

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. 2–6: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 2
  2. 4–0: row 4, column 6 → row 5, column 6
  3. 4–4: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
  4. 3–3: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
  5. 6–1: row 2, column 6 → row 1, column 6
  6. 4–6: row 5, column 8 → row 5, column 7
  7. 2–4: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 3
  8. 2–0: row 3, column 7 → row 3, column 6
  9. 3–5: row 1, column 8 → row 1, column 7
  10. 5–5: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1

Monday’s set is Easy #1379, Medium #1383 and Hard #1391, by Ian Livengood and Rodolfo Kurchan, edited by Ian Livengood. The hard board uses 10 dominoes across 13 regions, including 8 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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