NYT Pips answers — Wednesday, October 7, 2026
The NYT Pips answers for Wednesday, October 7, 2026: the solved easy, medium and hard boards are below, with the squares of every domino listed and three hints per level if you would rather solve it yourself.
Easy Pips answer
Pips row by row, top to bottom (· is a gap in the board)
1 0 3 5 2 2 · · 4 · · 1 4 5 ·
Each domino and its squares
- 0–3 — 0 at row 1, column 2, 3 at row 1, column 3
- 4–1 — 4 at row 3, column 3, 1 at row 3, column 2
- 1–2 — 1 at row 1, column 1, 2 at row 2, column 1
- 2–5 — 2 at row 1, column 5, 5 at row 1, column 4
- 5–4 — 5 at row 3, column 4, 4 at row 2, column 4
Medium Pips answer
Pips row by row, top to bottom (· is a gap in the board)
· 3 · · 3 3 6 · 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 · 4 ·
Each domino and its squares
- 0–6 — 0 at row 3, column 3, 6 at row 2, column 3
- 3–0 — 3 at row 2, column 1, 0 at row 3, column 1
- 0–0 — 0 at row 3, column 2, 0 at row 4, column 2
- 0–1 — 0 at row 3, column 4, 1 at row 4, column 4
- 4–0 — 4 at row 5, column 3, 0 at row 4, column 3
- 1–4 — 1 at row 4, column 1, 4 at row 5, column 1
- 3–3 — 3 at row 1, column 2, 3 at row 2, column 2
Hard Pips answer
Pips row by row, top to bottom (· is a gap in the board)
3 6 2 · 5 · · 2 1 · · · 1 · · 0 4 · · · 5 · · 0 2 · · · 0 · · 0 4 · · · 3 · · 6 1 3 5 · 4 4 6 6
Each domino and its squares
- 2–0 — 2 at row 1, column 8, 0 at row 2, column 8
- 4–1 — 4 at row 5, column 1, 1 at row 6, column 1
- 6–2 — 6 at row 1, column 2, 2 at row 1, column 3
- 4–6 — 4 at row 6, column 6, 6 at row 6, column 7
- 6–6 — 6 at row 5, column 8, 6 at row 6, column 8
- 4–3 — 4 at row 6, column 5, 3 at row 5, column 5
- 5–1 — 5 at row 1, column 5, 1 at row 2, column 5
- 5–0 — 5 at row 3, column 5, 0 at row 4, column 5
- 3–5 — 3 at row 6, column 2, 5 at row 6, column 3
- 0–0 — 0 at row 3, column 8, 0 at row 4, column 8
- 3–1 — 3 at row 1, column 1, 1 at row 2, column 1
- 4–2 — 4 at row 3, column 1, 2 at row 4, column 1
Rather solve it yourself?
Three hints per level, the last one placing the second domino.
Easy
Easy today is a 3×5 board with 5 dominoes and 7 regions. You're working with 3 sum regions, 2 "greater than", 2 free regions. Besides the opening move in Hint 1, the pair at row 1, column 4 adds to 9. The rack holds 1 blank half.
Hint 1: where to start
The two-cell region at row 1, column 1 adds to 1: the only split is 0 + 1.
Hint 2: first domino
First domino: 1–2, covering row 1, column 1 (1) and row 2, column 1 (2).
Hint 3: second domino
Second: 2–5 on row 1, column 5 and row 1, column 4. Check the other 3 against the regions they could still fill.
Medium
Medium today is a 5×4 board with 7 dominoes and 6 regions. Rules on the board: 1 sum region, 1 "all equal", 1 "less than", 1 "greater than", 2 free regions. 3 cells from row 1, column 2 must show the same number, and it turns out to be 3. Keep in mind that under 2 in total at row 3, column 1? Zeros, plus at most one 1. The rack holds 2 doubles, 6 blank halves, 1 six.
Hint 1: where to start
A one-cell region at row 5, column 1 asks for 4, which fixes that cell outright. Find the domino with a 4 that fits there.
Hint 2: first domino
The 1–4 goes there: 1 on row 4, column 1, 4 on row 5, column 1.
Hint 3: second domino
Next, the 3–3 goes at row 1, column 2 → row 2, column 2. That leaves 5 dominoes, each with far fewer homes.
Hard
The hard board runs 6 rows by 8 columns: 12 dominoes to place across 11 regions. By rule type: 5 sum regions, 2 "all equal", 2 "greater than", 1 free region. Another early foothold: a one-cell region at row 4, column 5 asks for 0, which fixes that cell outright. Rack check: 2 doubles, 4 blank halves, 4 sixes.
Hint 1: where to start
A one-cell region at row 1, column 5 asks for 5, which fixes that cell outright. Only dominoes carrying a 5 can reach it.
Hint 2: first domino
First domino: 5–1, covering row 1, column 5 (5) and row 2, column 5 (1).
Hint 3: second domino
Second: 5–0 on row 3, column 5 and row 4, column 5. Check the other 10 against the regions they could still fill.