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Yesterday's Pips Answers: October 15, 2026

Missed yesterday's puzzle? NYT Pips answers for October 15, 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: 5156423640

Hints

  1. Hint 1Reveal

    5 dominoes, 6 regions to satisfy, and 36 pips in total to place.

  2. Hint 2Reveal

    The rules in play: 4 × “adds up to exactly 1”, 2 × “adds up to more than 1”.

  3. Hint 3Reveal

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

  4. Hint 4Reveal

    There are no doubles, so no domino can fill a two-cell "same number" region on its own.

Reveal the easy Pips answer
  1. 51 row 2, column 4 and row 1, column 4
  2. 56 row 2, column 3 and row 2, column 2
  3. 42 row 3, column 2 and row 3, column 1
  4. 36 row 4, column 3 and row 3, column 3
  5. 40 row 2, column 1 and row 1, column 1

Constructed by Ian Livengood.

Medium

Your dominoes: 4233523414545540

Hints

  1. Hint 1Reveal

    8 dominoes, 8 regions to satisfy, and 54 pips in total to place.

  2. Hint 2Reveal

    The rules in play: 2 × “adds up to less than 4”, 3 × “every cell shows the same number”, 3 × “adds up to exactly 20”.

  3. Hint 3Reveal

    Start with the region of 2 cells that adds up to exactly 6 — 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. 42 row 3, column 1 and row 4, column 1
  2. 33 row 2, column 1 and row 2, column 2
  3. 52 row 5, column 4 and row 5, column 3
  4. 34 row 1, column 3 and row 2, column 3
  5. 14 row 5, column 2 and row 5, column 1
  6. 54 row 3, column 4 and row 2, column 4
  7. 55 row 4, column 3 and row 4, column 4
  8. 40 row 3, column 2 and row 3, column 3

Constructed by Ian Livengood.

Hard

Your dominoes: 4643220544331420132435

Hints

  1. Hint 1Reveal

    11 dominoes, 11 regions to satisfy, and 65 pips in total to place.

  2. Hint 2Reveal

    The rules in play: 6 × “adds up to more than 1”, 4 × “adds up to exactly 5”, 1 × “every cell shows the same number”.

  3. Hint 3Reveal

    Start with the region of 1 cell that adds up to exactly 5 — 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 hard Pips answer
  1. 46 row 1, column 8 and row 2, column 8
  2. 43 row 4, column 7 and row 3, column 7
  3. 22 row 2, column 6 and row 3, column 6
  4. 05 row 4, column 8 and row 3, column 8
  5. 44 row 3, column 5 and row 4, column 5
  6. 33 row 4, column 1 and row 4, column 2
  7. 14 row 1, column 1 and row 1, column 2
  8. 20 row 2, column 1 and row 3, column 1
  9. 13 row 3, column 3 and row 4, column 3
  10. 24 row 2, column 5 and row 1, column 5
  11. 35 row 1, column 3 and row 2, column 3

Constructed by Rodolfo Kurchan.

The NYT's Pips for October 15, 2026, edited by Ian Livengood.

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