Friday, October 2, 2026
Today's NYT Pips Answers — Easy, Medium, Hard
See where every domino goes in today's NYT Pips puzzle, with the easy, medium, and hard boards solved and a hint path before the full reveal.
Open one clue at a time, then stop as soon as you have enough to keep solving.
Checked October 2, 2026 by WordyLab Daily Automation.
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Start with hints, then reveal spoilers
Hints name the tightest region on each board. Full domino placements stay behind the reveal.
Hint 1 Easy board
5 dominoes across 5 regions. Start with the region of 2 cells that must total 5.
Hint 2 Medium board
7 dominoes across 9 regions. Start with the region of 1 cell that must total 0.
Hint 3 Hard board
15 dominoes across 18 regions. Start with the region of 1 cell that must total 1.
Reveal today's Pips solutions (easy, medium, hard)
Easy board — 5 dominoes.
- 1-1 at row 4 column 3 and row 5 column 3
- 1-2 at row 4 column 2 and row 3 column 2
- 6-3 at row 2 column 1 and row 3 column 1
- 6-1 at row 1 column 1 and row 1 column 2
- 5-5 at row 6 column 2 and row 6 column 3
Medium board — 7 dominoes.
- 2-1 at row 5 column 2 and row 4 column 2
- 3-3 at row 1 column 4 and row 2 column 4
- 5-2 at row 3 column 4 and row 4 column 4
- 0-5 at row 3 column 5 and row 2 column 5
- 1-4 at row 3 column 2 and row 3 column 1
- 5-3 at row 3 column 3 and row 4 column 3
- 2-2 at row 2 column 2 and row 2 column 3
Hard board — 15 dominoes.
- 4-6 at row 5 column 4 and row 6 column 4
- 3-3 at row 4 column 2 and row 5 column 2
- 2-3 at row 4 column 4 and row 4 column 5
- 1-3 at row 6 column 1 and row 5 column 1
- 1-0 at row 6 column 2 and row 6 column 3
- 2-0 at row 2 column 2 and row 3 column 2
- 1-5 at row 1 column 6 and row 1 column 5
- 4-2 at row 5 column 6 and row 6 column 6
- 3-6 at row 3 column 6 and row 4 column 6
- 5-5 at row 1 column 4 and row 2 column 4
- 5-6 at row 2 column 5 and row 2 column 6
- 4-5 at row 4 column 1 and row 3 column 1
- 2-5 at row 1 column 1 and row 2 column 1
- 2-2 at row 1 column 2 and row 1 column 3
- 5-0 at row 5 column 5 and row 6 column 5
How today's Pips boards break open
Every region states what its cells must add up to, so the smallest region with a target is always the safest opening move — fewer cells means fewer domino halves can satisfy it.
Once one region is fixed, the dominoes crossing into its neighbours are usually forced. Working outward from the tightest constraint beats filling the board in reading order.
How we keep daily help useful
Daily puzzle help should not force a spoiler on you. This page is built in layers: start with the hints, return to your puzzle after each clue, and open the reveal only when you decide you want the answer.
Before an answer is treated as final, WordyLab checks the date, the puzzle context, answer spelling, clue or category wording, and whether the spoiler is hidden in the right place. If that check is not complete yet, the page stays conservative and points you to solver or hub pages instead of presenting a guess as fact.
- Confirm the page date matches the live puzzle before publishing a reveal.
- Order the help from a gentle hint to a stronger nudge, so you can stop before the spoiler.
- Check answer spelling, clue wording, category labels, and source notes against the current puzzle.
- Keep the final answer behind the reveal until the daily entry has been checked.
For this Pips page, the safest path is simple: open one hint, test it in the puzzle, and only use the reveal when you are ready to see the spoiler.
This entry has been checked against the current puzzle, so the reveal can be treated as final for this page.
If something looks outdated or wrong, use the corrections link in the footer and include this page URL so the issue can be reviewed quickly. Pips entry generated from the WordyLab puzzle-fetcher database after source ingestion for 2026-10-02. Fetched at 2026-10-02 04:00:42.
Pips FAQ
What is NYT Pips?
Pips is a New York Times logic puzzle where you place dominoes on a board so that each region adds up to its target number.
Are there three Pips puzzles a day?
Yes. The New York Times publishes an easy, a medium, and a hard board each day, and they are different puzzles rather than the same board at different hint levels.
Where should I start on a Pips board?
Start with the smallest region that has a target sum. Fewer cells means fewer domino halves can satisfy it, so it is the most constrained part of the board.