NYT Pips Hints, Answers and Walkthrough for Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Wednesday brings a fresh set of NYT Pips puzzles. Two compact, three-row boards lead into a six-row Hard board with gaps through its interior. Equality zones link the set, while Hard adds a dense spread of single-cell clues. We've got quick hints and full solutions for Easy, Medium, and Hard.

How to Play Pips

Pips is a domino placement puzzle where you fill a grid of condition zones. Each zone has a rule you must satisfy using the pip values on your dominoes. The twist: you must use every domino and meet every condition to win.

Zone Conditions:

• = All pips in this zone must show the same number
• Not Equal All pips must be different numbers
• > Pips must be greater than the listed number
• < Pips must be less than the listed number
• Exact Number Pips must total that exact value
• No Condition Free space, any domino value works

Click or tap dominoes to rotate them. Each puzzle has one or more valid solutions. When two zones share the same rule, we number them in reading order, top to bottom.

Today's Easy Pips

The Easy board runs three rows by four columns, with ten open cells and five dominoes to place. Its condition zones: two two-cell zones where every pip must match, a two-cell zone that must total 10, a single cell that must show more than 4, a single cell that must show more than 1, a single cell that must show more than 0. Any other open cell is a free space.

Quick Hint: Start with the two-cell zone totaling 10 on the left of the middle row. Check the pool for a tile that could satisfy it alone before deciding whether its dominoes must cross the zone boundary.

Today's Medium Pips

The Medium board runs three rows by six columns, with 14 open cells and seven dominoes to place. Its condition zones: a two-cell zone that must total less than 2, a three-cell zone that must total less than 8, a two-cell zone that must total 10, a three-cell zone where every pip must differ, a three-cell zone where every pip must match. Any other open cell is a free space.

Quick Hint: The two-cell zone at the top left must total less than 2, so treat those cells as one tight budget. Compare that budget with the domino pool before trying to cover both cells with a single tile.

Today's Hard Pips

The Hard board runs six rows by six columns, with 30 open cells and 15 dominoes to place. Its condition zones: ten single cells that print their exact pip value, a two-cell zone that must total 5, a two-cell zone where every pip must match, three single cells that must show more than 4, two four-cell zones where every pip must match, a single cell that must show less than 4, a four-cell zone that must total 4. Any other open cell is a free space.

Quick Hint: Begin with the single-cell zero clue in the third column of the top row. Inspect the other end of the blank-containing tile, then compare it with the neighboring clues before choosing a direction.

Pips Solutions

Last chance to solve independently: full solutions below

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Easy Pips Solution

1. 1.Place the 5-1 domino vertically across the more-than-0 cell and the second equals zone, with the 5 in the more-than-0 cell.
2. 2.Place the 2-0 domino horizontally with the 2 in the first equals zone and the 0 on a free cell.
3. 3.Place the 5-3 domino vertically across the sum-10 zone and the more-than-1 cell, with the 5 in the sum-10 zone.
4. 4.Place the 6-5 domino vertically across the more-than-4 cell and the sum-10 zone, with the 6 in the more-than-4 cell.
5. 5.Place the 2-1 domino vertically across the first equals zone and the second equals zone, with the 2 in the first equals zone.

Medium Pips Solution

1. 1.Place the 2-6 domino vertically with the 6 in the sum-10 zone and the 2 on a free cell.
2. 2.Place the 3-1 domino horizontally in the less-than-8 zone.
3. 3.Place the 6-6 domino horizontally in the equals zone.
4. 4.Place the 0-3 domino vertically across the less-than-2 zone and the less-than-8 zone, with the 0 in the less-than-2 zone.
5. 5.Place the 3-2 domino horizontally in the unequal zone.
6. 6.Place the 4-1 domino vertically across the sum-10 zone and the less-than-2 zone, with the 4 in the sum-10 zone.
7. 7.Place the 6-4 domino horizontally across the equals zone and the unequal zone, with the 6 in the equals zone.

Hard Pips Solution

1. 1.Place the 4-5 domino horizontally across the third equals zone and the second more-than-4 cell, with the 4 in the third equals zone.
2. 2.Place the 3-3 domino horizontally across the sum-5 zone and the first sum-3 cell, with the 3 in the sum-5 zone.
3. 3.Place the 4-2 domino vertically across the first equals zone and the third sum-2 cell, with the 4 in the first equals zone.
4. 4.Place the 1-5 domino horizontally across the sum-1 cell and the first more-than-4 cell, with the 1 in the sum-1 cell.
5. 5.Place the 1-1 domino horizontally in the sum-4 zone.
6. 6.Place the 2-0 domino horizontally across the first sum-2 cell and the sum-0 cell, with the 2 in the first sum-2 cell.
7. 7.Place the 1-4 domino horizontally across the sum-4 zone and the third equals zone, with the 1 in the sum-4 zone.
8. 8.Place the 3-2 domino horizontally across the less-than-4 cell and the second equals zone, with the 3 in the less-than-4 cell.
9. 9.Place the 2-6 domino horizontally across the second sum-2 cell and the first sum-6 cell, with the 2 in the second sum-2 cell.
10. 10.Place the 4-4 domino vertically in the third equals zone.
11. 11.Place the 1-2 domino vertically across the sum-4 zone and the second equals zone, with the 1 in the sum-4 zone.
12. 12.Place the 2-2 domino vertically across the sum-5 zone and the second equals zone, with the 2 in the sum-5 zone.
13. 13.Place the 2-5 domino horizontally across the second equals zone and the third more-than-4 cell, with the 2 in the second equals zone.
14. 14.Place the 4-3 domino horizontally across the first equals zone and the second sum-3 cell, with the 4 in the first equals zone.
15. 15.Place the 6-4 domino horizontally across the second sum-6 cell and the sum-4 cell, with the 6 in the second sum-6 cell.

Puzzle Debrief

Overall Difficulty: The set builds from a manageable Easy into a more interdependent Medium, with Hard demanding the most attention to how tiles cross zone boundaries. Its fifteen dominoes give you substantially more to coordinate than Easy's five or Medium's seven.

Our Take: Hard earns its extra space through the contrast between its four-cell equality zones, filled with twos on the left and fours at the lower right. The four ones totaling 4 along the bottom make a satisfying, restrained finish.

Until Tomorrow

Enjoy the completed boards, and we'll see you for the next set.

Tomorrow's Pips drops at midnight. See you then.