Pips helper

How the Pips helper works

• Use each domino once to cover all active cells. Region clues constrain sums, equality, all-different values or strict sum inequalities.

Find justified moves and inspect how the entered constraints force each one. Work from the information you have already revealed; this helper does not fetch an official daily answer.

Results use the puzzle you enter; they are not verified daily answers. Your entries stay out of public URLs.

Original worked example

The four single-cell regions force values 0, 1, 2 and 3. Tile 0–1 therefore joins the top two cells, while 2–3 covers the bottom row. A region inequality constrains its whole sum, not each individual half.

Separate a deduction from a possible completion

The helper checks the whole entered state. When enumeration completes, a move is reported as forced only if every valid completion agrees. If the bound is reached, possible completions remain available but no forced move is asserted.

Use the reason before opening the solution

Each move has its own explanation grounded in your rows, cells, clues or markers. Inspect one explanation, apply it in the original game and rerun. The full arrangement is in a separate closed section.

Supported puzzle types

• player-entered state

Scope of this helper

• The existing bounded engine is retained; only exhaustive enumeration supports forced moves.
• Regular boards and supported clue types only; no daily board, difficulty label or publisher hint text is fetched.

Play the original at New York Times. This is an unofficial helper with no publisher affiliation.

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