NYT Pips Hints & Answers Today, November 10, 2026

Tuesday’s Pips from The New York Times (NYT), Nov. 10, 2026, has a Hard board nine columns wide where six cells must add up to 0. Ian Livengood made Easy and Medium; Rodolfo Kurchan made Hard. Hard has four equal regions today, and our Pips page covers what that sign and the others mean. The placements at the end follow the Times’ data and pass every region.

Where each Pips board starts on Nov. 10

Cells are named row first, then column, counting from the top-left corner.

Easy. Two dead ends fix the outline. R1C3 touches only R2C3, and R2C1 only R2C2. With R2C2 taken, R3C2 must join R4C2; with R2C3 taken, R2C4 must join R3C4; and R4C3 with R4C4 is the last pair. R2C1 must be under 3, so its domino puts a 0 or a 1 there.

Medium. R2C3, R3C2 and R3C3 must total less than 3. The board has no 2, one 0 (on the 1-0) and three 1s, so those cells hold exactly a 0 and two 1s. Two dead ends help too: R1C4 must be 3 and touches only R2C4, and R6C2 must be 3 and touches only R5C2.

Hard. R1C1 must be 5 and touches only R2C1, so they share a domino. R2C1 and R3C1 must match, and with R2C1 taken, R3C1 can only pair with R3C2, which must be 4. The shared value of R2C1 and R3C1 has to sit on a domino with a 5 and on one with a 4; only 1 and 2 do both.

Tuesday’s three Pips boards side by side

Level	Dominoes	Regions	Sum	Equal	Not equal	Less or more than	No condition
Easy	5	6	2	2	0	2	0
Medium	7	7	3	0	0	4	0
Hard	16	21	14	4	0	2	1

Counts come from the Times’ data for Nov. 10. Medium has no equal region, and Hard has fourteen sums, eleven of them on single cells.

Tuesday’s Pips hints, Nov. 10, 2026

Easy (five dominoes: 5-6, 0-1, 5-4, 6-1, 1-3)

• Hint 1

  R2C3 and R2C4 must match. Only 1, 5 and 6 appear on two or more halves.
• Hint 2

  R4C2 and R4C3 add up to 8. With these halves, 8 can only be a 3 and a 5.

Medium (seven dominoes: 3-4, 3-3, 1-0, 5-1, 5-4, 1-3, 3-5)

• Hint 1

  R4C3 and R4C4 add up to 10. No 6 is on the board, so that means two 5s; there are three.
• Hint 2

  R1C4 and R6C2 must each be a 3, and each touches only one other cell.

Hard (sixteen dominoes on a five-row board)

• Hint 1

  R4C7, R5C6 and R5C7 add up to 0, as do the single cells R1C9, R3C4 and R5C5. That is six 0s, and the set has exactly six.
• Hint 2

  R3C5, R3C6 and R4C6 must show one value. The 3-3 is one of four doubles on this board.

Easy, region by region. Each rule is listed; tap a region to see one value in it.

• R1C3 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R1C3 holds a 5, on the 5-6 domino.
• R2C1 is less than 3 (one cell)

  R2C1 holds a 0, on the 0-1 domino.
• R2C2 and R3C2 are equal (two cells)

  R2C2 holds a 1, on the 0-1 domino.
• R2C3 and R2C4 are equal (two cells)

  R2C3 holds a 6, on the 5-6 domino.
• R3C4 and R4C4 add up to 5 (two cells)

  R3C4 holds a 1, on the 6-1 domino.
• R4C2 and R4C3 add up to 8 (two cells)

  R4C2 holds a 3, on the 1-3 domino.

Medium, region by region. Each rule is listed; tap a region to see one value in it.

• R1C4 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 3-4 domino; its other half sits at R2C4.
• R2C3, R3C2 and R3C3 total less than 3 (three cells)

  R2C3 holds a 1, on the 1-0 domino.
• R2C4 and R3C4 total more than 6 (two cells)

  R2C4 holds a 4, on the 3-4 domino.
• R4C1 and R4C2 total more than 7 (two cells)

  R4C1 holds a 5, on the 5-4 domino.
• R4C3 and R4C4 add up to 10 (two cells)

  R4C3 holds a 5, on the 5-1 domino.
• R5C1, R5C2 and R5C3 total more than 7 (three cells)

  R5C1 holds a 4, on the 5-4 domino.
• R6C2 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 3-3 domino; its other half sits at R5C2.

Hard, region by region. Each rule is listed; tap a region to see one value in it.

• R1C1 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 2-5 domino; its other half sits at R2C1.
• R1C3 is less than 4 (one cell)

  R1C3 holds a 3, on the 1-3 domino.
• R1C4 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 1-4 domino; its other half sits at R2C4.
• R1C5 and R1C6 are equal (two cells)

  R1C5 holds a 2, on the 2-2 domino.
• R1C7 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 3-4 domino; its other half sits at R2C7.
• R1C8 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 0-5 domino; its other half sits at R1C9.
• R1C9 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-5 domino; its other half sits at R1C8.
• R2C1 and R3C1 are equal (two cells)

  R2C1 holds a 2, on the 2-5 domino.
• R2C3 and R2C4 are equal (two cells)

  R2C3 holds a 1, on the 1-3 domino.
• R2C7 and R3C7 add up to 4 (two cells)

  R2C7 holds a 3, on the 3-4 domino.
• R2C9, R3C9 and R4C9 total less than 4 (three cells)

  R2C9 holds a 1, on the 1-1 domino.
• R3C2 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 2-4 domino; its other half sits at R3C1.
• R3C3 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 1-5 domino; its other half sits at R4C3.
• R3C4 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-3 domino; its other half sits at R3C5.
• R3C5, R3C6 and R4C6 are equal (three cells)

  R3C5 holds a 3, on the 0-3 domino.
• R4C3 takes any value (one cell)

  R4C3 holds a 1, on the 1-5 domino.
• R4C7, R5C6 and R5C7 add up to 0 (three cells)

  R4C7 holds a 0, on the 0-1 domino.
• R5C3 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 4-5 domino; its other half sits at R5C4.
• R5C4 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 4-5 domino; its other half sits at R5C3.
• R5C5 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-0 domino; its other half sits at R5C6.
• R5C8 and R5C9 add up to 4 (two cells)

  R5C8 holds a 2, on the 0-2 domino.

Reading the boards before you check

Hard has four doubles, 0-0, 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3, and four equal regions; a double fills two touching cells of an equal region in one move. Medium has three regions that must total more than 6 or 7, and nothing on that board is higher than 5. Easy has no doubles at all.

Also for Tuesday: Wordle hints, Connections hints and Strands hints. The printable weekly calendar or the November 2026 calendar can hold a running tally of solve times.

Tuesday’s Pips answers, Nov. 10, 2026 (spoilers)

Answers start here. Read each line as domino, then cell and value for each half.

Easy, by Ian Livengood. Regions: R2C2 and R3C2 are equal; R2C3 and R2C4 are equal; R3C4 and R4C4 add up to 5; R1C3 is more than 4; R2C1 is less than 3; R4C3 and R4C2 add up to 8.

• 5-6: R1C3 = 5, R2C3 = 6
• 0-1: R2C1 = 0, R2C2 = 1
• 5-4: R4C3 = 5, R4C4 = 4
• 6-1: R2C4 = 6, R3C4 = 1
• 1-3: R3C2 = 1, R4C2 = 3

Medium, by Ian Livengood. Regions: R4C4 and R4C3 add up to 10; R5C1, R5C2 and R5C3 total more than 7; R4C1 and R4C2 total more than 7; R2C3, R3C2 and R3C3 total less than 3; R3C4 and R2C4 total more than 6; R1C4 adds up to 3; R6C2 adds up to 3.

• 3-4: R1C4 = 3, R2C4 = 4
• 3-3: R5C2 = 3, R6C2 = 3
• 1-0: R2C3 = 1, R3C3 = 0
• 5-1: R4C3 = 5, R5C3 = 1
• 5-4: R4C1 = 5, R5C1 = 4
• 1-3: R3C2 = 1, R4C2 = 3
• 3-5: R3C4 = 3, R4C4 = 5

Hard, by Rodolfo Kurchan. Regions: R1C1 adds up to 5; R1C4 adds up to 4; R1C5 and R1C6 are equal; R1C7 adds up to 4; R1C8 adds up to 5; R1C9 adds up to 0; R2C1 and R3C1 are equal; R2C3 and R2C4 are equal; R2C7 and R3C7 add up to 4; R2C9, R3C9 and R4C9 total less than 4; R3C2 adds up to 4; R3C3 adds up to 5; R3C4 adds up to 0; R3C5, R3C6 and R4C6 are equal; R4C7, R5C6 and R5C7 add up to 0; R5C3 adds up to 4; R5C4 adds up to 5; R5C5 adds up to 0; R5C8 and R5C9 add up to 4; R1C3 is less than 4; R4C3 takes any value.

• 0-0: R5C5 = 0, R5C6 = 0
• 0-1: R4C7 = 0, R3C7 = 1
• 0-2: R5C7 = 0, R5C8 = 2
• 0-3: R3C4 = 0, R3C5 = 3
• 0-5: R1C9 = 0, R1C8 = 5
• 1-1: R2C9 = 1, R3C9 = 1
• 1-2: R4C9 = 1, R5C9 = 2
• 1-3: R2C3 = 1, R1C3 = 3
• 1-4: R2C4 = 1, R1C4 = 4
• 1-5: R4C3 = 1, R3C3 = 5
• 2-2: R1C5 = 2, R1C6 = 2
• 2-4: R3C1 = 2, R3C2 = 4
• 2-5: R2C1 = 2, R1C1 = 5
• 3-3: R3C6 = 3, R4C6 = 3
• 3-4: R2C7 = 3, R1C7 = 4
• 4-5: R5C3 = 4, R5C4 = 5

On Medium, the 1-0 can be flipped without breaking a rule; no domino on Easy or Hard can. Wednesday’s boards go live at midnight.