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Pips hints — Thursday, December 11, 2025

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Today's Easy board has 5 dominoes across 7 regions, mixing target-sum and greater-than rules. We give you a light nudge first — enough to get unstuck without spoiling the fun — and the full answer only when you ask for it.

Hint 1 — where to start

Easy
Look at the blue region first. Across one cell it has to be exactly 5. Only 1 pip combination fits it at all, which is why it gives way first.

Hint 2

Easy
Place the 5–3 domino across row 1, columns 1–2. It is the only tile that works there, because blue must add up to exactly 5. The 5 half sits in the blue region, which must be exactly 5.
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Easy solution — December 11, 2025

24
53
66
22
01

blue (=5): 5 | purple: 3 | green (>3): 2 · 2 | amber: 0 | orange (=9): 1 · 6 · 2 | slate: 6 | teal (>3): 4

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What each region asks for

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>3 — Add up to more than 32
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange9 — Add up to exactly 93
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal>3 — Be more than 31

Today's Medium board has 8 dominoes across 12 regions, mixing target-sum, greater-than and all-equal rules. We give you a light nudge first — enough to get unstuck without spoiling the fun — and the full answer only when you ask for it.

Hint 1 — where to start

Medium
Look at the green region first. Across one cell it has to be exactly 6. Only 1 pip combination fits it at all, which is why it gives way first.

Hint 2

Medium
Place the 6–5 domino across row 1, columns 4–5. It is the only tile that works there, because green must add up to exactly 6. The 6 half sits in the green region, which must be exactly 6.

Hint 3

Medium
The 5–4 belongs down column 3, rows 1–2. It is the only tile that works there, because amber must add up to exactly 4. The 5 half sits in the purple region, which must add up to exactly 10.
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Medium solution — December 11, 2025

22
54
46
11
25
65
55
13

blue (=2): 1 · 1 | purple (=10): 5 · 5 | green (=6): 6 | amber (=4): 4 | orange: 1 | slate (>2): 3 | teal (=2): 2 | pink (=): 2 · 2 | lime: 5 | brown: 4 | blue (=6): 6 | purple (=): 5 · 5

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What each region asks for

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 22
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
Green6 — Be exactly 61
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate>2 — Be more than 21
Teal2 — Be exactly 21
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
LimeTake any value it likes1
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue6 — Be exactly 61
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2

Today's Hard board has 11 dominoes across 10 regions, mixing all-equal, greater-than and target-sum rules. We give you a light nudge first — enough to get unstuck without spoiling the fun — and the full answer only when you ask for it.

Hard is where most players get stuck.We break it into small, spoiler-safe nudges so you can stop the moment you’re unstuck.

Hint 1 — where to start

Hard
Look at the lime region first. Across two cells it has to add up to exactly 0. Only 1 pip combination fits it at all, which is why it gives way first.

Hint 2

Hard
Place the 0–4 domino across row 5, columns 1–2. It is the only tile that works there, because lime must add up to exactly 0.

Hint 3

Hard
The 0–3 belongs across row 5, columns 3–4. It is the only tile that works there, because lime must add up to exactly 0.

Hint 4

Hard
There is exactly one home for the 6–5: across row 3, columns 3–4. It is the only tile that works there, because orange must add up to exactly 10. The 6 half sits in the slate region, which must add up to exactly 9.
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Hard solution — December 11, 2025

13
65
04
22
15
03
11
43
21
16
25

blue: 3 | purple (=): 2 · 2 · 2 | green (>1): 5 | amber (=): 1 · 1 | orange (=10): 5 · 5 | slate (=9): 6 · 3 | teal (=9): 4 · 3 · 2 | pink (=10): 4 · 6 | lime (=0): 0 · 0 | brown (=): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1

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What each region asks for

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green>1 — Be more than 11
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate9 — Add up to exactly 92
Teal9 — Add up to exactly 93
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime0 — Add up to exactly 02
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell4
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