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May 31, 2026

Today's Pips hints and canonical answers

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Easy6 dominoesCanonical placement

Easy board

Structure hint

Easy · 6 dominoes · 12 cells. Start by checking the smallest constrained regions: R1: Sum = 10; R2: All equal; R3: Sum = 1; R4: No rule.

Domino set

Available dominoes: 5-3, 3-1, 2-5, 2-3, 5-1, 6-5.

Full solution

Easy board

R15

R22

R31

R43

R51

R66

R73

R85

Canonical placement by domino order: 5-3 at (4,2)-(4,1); 3-1 at (4,0)-(3,0); 2-5 at (0,2)-(0,1); 2-3 at (0,3)-(1,3); 5-1 at (0,0)-(1,0); 6-5 at (3,3)-(4,3).

Medium7 dominoesCanonical placement

Medium board

R10

Structure hint

Medium · 7 dominoes · 14 cells. Start by checking the smallest constrained regions: R1: Sum = 6; R2: No rule; R3: Sum = 7; R4: Sum = 6.

Domino set

Available dominoes: 2-4, 1-5, 6-6, 1-1, 3-5, 3-1, 3-6.

Full solution

Medium board

R11

R21

R33

R46

R15

R55

R61

R71

R34

R82

R86

R93

R76

R103

Canonical placement by domino order: 2-4 at (2,3)-(2,2); 1-5 at (0,5)-(1,5); 6-6 at (1,4)-(2,4); 1-1 at (2,0)-(2,1); 3-5 at (2,6)-(1,6); 3-1 at (1,2)-(1,1); 3-6 at (3,2)-(3,1).

Hard15 dominoesCanonical placement

Hard board

R10

R11

R12

R13

R14

Structure hint

Hard · 15 dominoes · 30 cells. Start by checking the smallest constrained regions: R1: Sum = 2; R2: Sum = 10; R3: All equal; R4: Sum = 18.

Domino set

Available dominoes: 0-6, 0-0, 6-4, 2-5, 3-6, 5-4, 1-6, 3-2, 6-5, 3-4, 5-1, 6-6, 3-1, 2-1, 6-2.

Full solution

Hard board

R11

R25

R34

R46

R56

R46

R56

R61

R72

R85

R46

R90

R103

R72

R85

R112

R90

R124

R136

R143

Canonical placement by domino order: 0-6 at (3,0)-(2,0); 0-0 at (4,0)-(4,1); 6-4 at (0,6)-(0,5); 2-5 at (2,4)-(2,5); 3-6 at (3,3)-(4,3); 5-4 at (0,3)-(0,4); 1-6 at (0,0)-(1,0); 3-2 at (4,6)-(3,6); 6-5 at (4,5)-(3,5); 3-4 at (3,2)-(4,2); 5-1 at (0,2)-(0,1); 6-6 at (1,6)-(2,6); 3-1 at (3,1)-(2,1); 2-1 at (2,3)-(2,2); 6-2 at (4,4)-(3,4).

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Today's stored Pips puzzle is May 31, 2026 (2026-05-31) with easy, medium, and hard boards. Using the current New York puzzle date.

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