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Pips hints — Saturday, June 13, 2026

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Saturday, June 13, 2026Archived board

Today's Easy board has 5 dominoes across 7 regions, mixing target-sum, all-equal 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
Ignore the open areas for now and go straight to the orange region, where one cell must be more than 5. Only 1 pip combination fits it at all, which is why it gives way first.

Hint 2

Easy
There is exactly one home for the 6–4: down column 1, rows 1–2. It is the only tile that works there, because orange must add up to more than 5. The 6 half sits in the orange region, which must be more than 5.
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Easy solution — June 13, 2026

30
55
62
64
24

blue (=7): 4 · 3 | purple: 0 | green (=): 2 · 2 | amber (=11): 6 · 5 | orange (>5): 6 | slate: 4 | teal: 5

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What each region asks for

RegionRuleCells
Blue7 — Add up to exactly 72
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber11 — Add up to exactly 112
Orange>5 — Be more than 51
SlateTake any value it likes1
TealTake any value it likes1

Today's Medium board has 8 dominoes across 9 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

Medium
Ignore the open areas for now and go straight to the slate region, where three cells must add up to exactly 0. Only 1 pip combination fits it at all, which is why it gives way first.

Hint 2

Medium
There is exactly one home for the 5–0: across row 4, columns 2–3. It is the only tile that works there, because slate must add up to exactly 0. The 5 half sits in the orange region, which must add up to exactly 9.

Hint 3

Medium
Lay the 1–0 across row 5, columns 2–3 — no guesswork needed. It is the only tile that works there, because slate must add up to exactly 0. The 1 half sits in the teal region, which must add up to exactly 3.
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Medium solution — June 13, 2026

12
50
41
62
13
04
61
10

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

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What each region asks for

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple9 — Add up to exactly 92
Green3 — Add up to exactly 33
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange9 — Add up to exactly 92
Slate0 — Add up to exactly 03
Teal3 — Add up to exactly 32
PinkTake any value it likes1
LimeTake any value it likes1

Today's Hard board has 15 dominoes across 20 regions, mixing greater-than, target-sum, all-equal and less-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.

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
Ignore the open areas for now and go straight to the purple region, where one cell must be exactly 3. Only 1 pip combination fits it at all, which is why it gives way first.

Hint 2

Hard
There is exactly one home for the 0–6: down column 3, rows 1–2. It is the only tile that works there, because green must add up to exactly 0. The 0 half sits in the green region, which must be exactly 0.

Hint 3

Hard
Lay the 0–3 across row 2, columns 4–5 — no guesswork needed. It is the only tile that works there, because slate must add up to exactly 0. The 0 half sits in the slate region, which must be exactly 0.

Hint 4

Hard
Place the 0–4 domino down column 6, rows 2–3. It is the only tile that works there, because teal must add up to exactly 0. The 0 half sits in the teal region, which must be exactly 0.
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Hard solution — June 13, 2026

63
42
35
06
13
45
22
44
12
03
11
34
00
55
04

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

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What each region asks for

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell5
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell3
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green<4 — Add up to less than 42
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange<3 — Be less than 31
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink3 — Be exactly 31
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
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