NYT Pips hints & answer today — October 31, 2026
Unofficial hints. Not affiliated with The New York Times.
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Stuck on one domino? The Pips solver checks your tiles or reveals one at a time.
Easy Pips · 5 dominoes · by Ian Livengood
1Easy: the empty boardShow hint
Easy Pips board with its regions 2Easy: one domino to get you goingShow hint
Easy Pips with one domino placed 3Easy: halfway thereShow hint
Easy Pips with 3 dominoes placed 4Easy: full solutionShow answer
Solved Easy Pips board This is the official solution. Pips boards sometimes allow more than one valid arrangement — if yours satisfies every region, it counts.
Medium Pips · 7 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan
1Medium: the empty boardShow hint
Medium Pips board with its regions 2Medium: one domino to get you goingShow hint
Medium Pips with one domino placed 3Medium: halfway thereShow hint
Medium Pips with 4 dominoes placed 4Medium: full solutionShow answer
Solved Medium Pips board This is the official solution. Pips boards sometimes allow more than one valid arrangement — if yours satisfies every region, it counts.
Hard Pips · 14 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan
1Hard: the empty boardShow hint
Hard Pips board with its regions 2Hard: one domino to get you goingShow hint
Hard Pips with one domino placed 3Hard: halfway thereShow hint
Hard Pips with 7 dominoes placed 4Hard: full solutionShow answer
Solved Hard Pips board This is the official solution. Pips boards sometimes allow more than one valid arrangement — if yours satisfies every region, it counts.
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How to play Pips
Pips is a domino puzzle: place every domino on the board so each colored region meets its rule. A number means the pips in that region add up to it, = means every half in the region shows the same number, ≠ means they're all different, and < or > set a limit on the region's total. Uncolored cells have no rule.
Start with single-cell regions and tight sums — they often allow only one domino — and remember that a domino can straddle two regions.