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NYT Pips Answers for October 14, 2026

NYT Pips answers for October 14, 2026: all 3 difficulties, with hints that open one region at a time before the full placement.

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Pips gives you three puzzles a day. Each board is split into regions, and every region sets one rule about the dominoes you drop into it. Hints first below, then the finished board behind a reveal for each difficulty.

Easy

Your dominoes: 2433150011

Hints

  1. Hint 1Reveal

    5 dominoes, 4 regions to satisfy, and 20 pips in total to place.

  2. Hint 2Reveal

    The rules in play: 2 × “every cell shows the same number”, 1 × “adds up to exactly 9”, 1 × “adds up to less than 6”.

  3. Hint 3Reveal

    Start with the region of 2 cells that adds up to exactly 9 — it has the fewest ways to fill.

  4. Hint 4Reveal

    3 of the dominoes are doubles, so they fit any “same number” region.

Reveal the easy Pips answer
  1. 24 row 1, column 3 and row 2, column 3
  2. 33 row 2, column 1 and row 3, column 1
  3. 15 row 3, column 2 and row 2, column 2
  4. 00 row 4, column 2 and row 5, column 2
  5. 11 row 3, column 3 and row 4, column 3

Constructed by Ian Livengood.

Medium

Your dominoes: 44340051061063

Hints

  1. Hint 1Reveal

    7 dominoes, 8 regions to satisfy, and 37 pips in total to place.

  2. Hint 2Reveal

    The rules in play: 2 × “adds up to more than 3”, 4 × “every cell shows the same number”, 1 × “adds up to less than 3”, 1 × “adds up to exactly 8”.

  3. Hint 3Reveal

    Start with the region of 3 cells that adds up to exactly 8 — it has the fewest ways to fill.

  4. Hint 4Reveal

    2 of the dominoes are doubles, so they fit any “same number” region.

Reveal the medium Pips answer
  1. 44 row 2, column 5 and row 3, column 5
  2. 34 row 1, column 2 and row 1, column 1
  3. 00 row 1, column 4 and row 1, column 5
  4. 51 row 3, column 3 and row 3, column 2
  5. 06 row 3, column 4 and row 2, column 4
  6. 10 row 2, column 2 and row 2, column 1
  7. 63 row 2, column 3 and row 1, column 3

Constructed by Ian Livengood.

Hard

Your dominoes: 2640615611051323663306512444

Hints

  1. Hint 1Reveal

    14 dominoes, 15 regions to satisfy, and 90 pips in total to place.

  2. Hint 2Reveal

    The rules in play: 1 × “every cell shows a different number”, 8 × “adds up to exactly 0”, 2 × “adds up to more than 7”, 2 × “every cell shows the same number”, 2 × “adds up to less than 4”.

  3. Hint 3Reveal

    Start with the region of 1 cell that adds up to exactly 0 — it has the fewest ways to fill.

  4. Hint 4Reveal

    4 of the dominoes are doubles, so they fit any “same number” region.

Reveal the hard Pips answer
  1. 26 row 1, column 8 and row 2, column 8
  2. 40 row 1, column 2 and row 1, column 3
  3. 61 row 2, column 1 and row 1, column 1
  4. 56 row 6, column 6 and row 6, column 7
  5. 11 row 3, column 1 and row 4, column 1
  6. 05 row 4, column 5 and row 3, column 5
  7. 13 row 4, column 2 and row 4, column 3
  8. 23 row 6, column 4 and row 6, column 3
  9. 66 row 4, column 6 and row 4, column 7
  10. 33 row 2, column 3 and row 3, column 3
  11. 06 row 6, column 5 and row 7, column 5
  12. 51 row 8, column 5 and row 9, column 5
  13. 24 row 4, column 8 and row 3, column 8
  14. 44 row 1, column 5 and row 2, column 5

Constructed by Rodolfo Kurchan.

The NYT's Pips for October 14, 2026, edited by Ian Livengood.

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