NYT Pips Hints & Answers Today, November 11, 2026

Wednesday’s Pips from The New York Times (NYT), Nov. 11, 2026, ties the top of the Hard board to its bottom row: one 0 up top decides four cells below. Ian Livengood made Easy; Rodolfo Kurchan made Medium and Hard. Hard has three equal regions, and our Pips page explains that sign and the others. Every placement in the answer section matches the Times’ data.

Where each Pips board starts on Nov. 11

R6C1 means row 6, column 1; rows run down and columns across from the top left.

Easy. R2C1 and R2C2 add up to 10. The set has no 4, so 6 and 4 are out and both cells are 5s. R3C1 touches only R2C1, so they share a domino with a 5 in R2C1, and R3C1 must be more than 1. That leaves the 5-3 or the 6-5; the 5-1 would put a 1 in R3C1.

Medium. R3C6 touches only R3C5, and both belong to the equal region with R2C5. A domino inside an equal region must be a double, and the 6-6 is the only double on the board. So R3C5 and R3C6 are 6s, and R2C5 must be a 6 too.

Hard. R1C3 must add up to 0, and the 2-0 carries the board’s only 0. That decides the bottom row: R6C1 to R6C4 must add up to 4 with no 0 available, so each is a 1. Nearby, R1C2 must be 3 and can’t pair with R1C3 (0) or R2C2 (6), since no 0-3 or 3-6 exists; it shares a domino with R1C1.

Wednesday’s three Pips boards side by side

Level	Dominoes	Regions	Sum	Equal	Not equal	Less or more than	No condition
Easy	5	7	1	2	0	3	1
Medium	7	6	1	1	1	2	1
Hard	15	19	12	3	0	4	0

Counts come from the Times’ data for Nov. 11. Easy has three greater-than regions and a single sum.

Wednesday’s Pips hints, Nov. 11, 2026

Easy (five dominoes: 5-1, 2-0, 5-3, 6-5, 2-1)

• Hint 1

  R1C2 must be more than 4. Three halves show a 5 and one shows a 6.
• Hint 2

  R3C3 and R3C4 must match, and so must R1C3 and R2C3. Only 1, 2 and 5 appear more than once.

Medium (seven dominoes: 2-6, 3-1, 6-6, 0-3, 3-2, 4-1, 6-4)

• Hint 1

  R1C1 and R1C2 total less than 2. With a single 0 on the board, they hold a 0 and a 1.
• Hint 2

  R2C2 and R2C3 add up to 10: a 4 with a 6, or two 5s, and this set has no 5.

Hard (fifteen dominoes on a six-row board)

• Hint 1

  R3C1, R4C1, R5C1 and R5C2 must match. Eight halves show a 2, the most of any value.
• Hint 2

  R2C4, R4C5 and R5C3 must each be more than 4. The board has three 5s and two 6s.

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

• R1C2 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R1C2 holds a 6, on the 6-5 domino.
• R1C3 and R2C3 are equal (two cells)

  R1C3 holds a 2, on the 2-0 domino.
• R1C4 takes any value (one cell)

  R1C4 holds a 0, on the 2-0 domino.
• R2C1 and R2C2 add up to 10 (two cells)

  R2C1 holds a 5, on the 5-3 domino.
• R2C4 is more than 0 (one cell)

  R2C4 holds a 5, on the 5-1 domino.
• R3C1 is more than 1 (one cell)

  R3C1 holds a 3, on the 5-3 domino.
• R3C3 and R3C4 are equal (two cells)

  R3C3 holds a 1, on the 2-1 domino.

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

• R1C1 and R1C2 total less than 2 (two cells)

  R1C1 holds a 0, on the 0-3 domino.
• R1C3 takes any value (one cell)

  R1C3 holds a 2, on the 2-6 domino.
• R2C1, R3C1 and R3C2 total less than 8 (three cells)

  R2C1 holds a 3, on the 0-3 domino.
• R2C2 and R2C3 add up to 10 (two cells)

  R2C2 holds a 4, on the 4-1 domino.
• R2C4, R3C3 and R3C4 are all different (three cells)

  R2C4 holds a 4, on the 6-4 domino.
• R2C5, R3C5 and R3C6 are equal (three cells)

  R2C5 holds a 6, on the 6-4 domino.

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

• R1C1 and R2C1 add up to 5 (two cells)

  R1C1 holds a 3, on the 3-3 domino.
• R1C2 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 3-3 domino; its other half sits at R1C1.
• R1C3 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 2-0 domino; its other half sits at R1C4.
• R1C4 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 2-0 domino; its other half sits at R1C3.
• R1C5 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 4-3 domino; its other half sits at R1C6.
• R1C6 and R2C6 are equal (two cells)

  R1C6 holds a 4, on the 4-3 domino.
• R2C2 adds up to 6 (one cell)

  The 6 comes from the 2-6 domino; its other half sits at R2C3.
• R2C3 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 2-6 domino; its other half sits at R2C2.
• R2C4 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R2C4 holds a 5, on the 1-5 domino.
• R2C5 adds up to 1 (one cell)

  The 1 comes from the 1-5 domino; its other half sits at R2C4.
• R3C1, R4C1, R5C1 and R5C2 are equal (four cells)

  R3C1 holds a 2, on the 2-2 domino.
• R3C4 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 6-4 domino; its other half sits at R3C5.
• R3C5 adds up to 6 (one cell)

  The 6 comes from the 6-4 domino; its other half sits at R3C4.
• R3C6 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 4-2 domino; its other half sits at R2C6.
• R4C2 is less than 4 (one cell)

  R4C2 holds a 3, on the 3-2 domino.
• R4C5 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R4C5 holds a 5, on the 4-5 domino.
• R4C6, R5C6, R6C5 and R6C6 are equal (four cells)

  R4C6 holds a 4, on the 4-5 domino.
• R5C3 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R5C3 holds a 5, on the 2-5 domino.
• R6C1, R6C2, R6C3 and R6C4 add up to 4 (four cells)

  R6C1 holds a 1, on the 1-2 domino.

Reading the boards before you check

Hard has two four-cell equal regions, one down the left side and one in the bottom-right corner, plus a pair on the right edge, R1C6 and R2C6. Fill those with the doubles in mind: 3-3, 1-1, 4-4 and 2-2. On Medium, R1C3 has no condition, and R2C4, R3C3 and R3C4 must all differ.

Wednesday’s other games: Wordle hints, Connections hints and Strands hints. Midweek solve times fit on the printable weekly calendar or the November 2026 calendar.

Wednesday’s Pips answers, Nov. 11, 2026 (spoilers)

The full solution is below. Each line names the domino and the cell for each half.

Easy, by Ian Livengood. Regions: R3C3 and R3C4 are equal; R2C1 and R2C2 add up to 10; R1C3 and R2C3 are equal; R1C2 is more than 4; R3C1 is more than 1; R2C4 is more than 0; R1C4 takes any value.

• 5-1: R2C4 = 5, R3C4 = 1
• 2-0: R1C3 = 2, R1C4 = 0
• 5-3: R2C1 = 5, R3C1 = 3
• 6-5: R1C2 = 6, R2C2 = 5
• 2-1: R2C3 = 2, R3C3 = 1

Medium, by Rodolfo Kurchan. Regions: R1C1 and R1C2 total less than 2; R2C1, R3C1 and R3C2 total less than 8; R2C2 and R2C3 add up to 10; R2C4, R3C3 and R3C4 are all different; R2C5, R3C5 and R3C6 are equal; R1C3 takes any value.

• 2-6: R1C3 = 2, R2C3 = 6
• 3-1: R3C2 = 3, R3C1 = 1
• 6-6: R3C5 = 6, R3C6 = 6
• 0-3: R1C1 = 0, R2C1 = 3
• 3-2: R3C3 = 3, R3C4 = 2
• 4-1: R2C2 = 4, R1C2 = 1
• 6-4: R2C5 = 6, R2C4 = 4

Hard, by Rodolfo Kurchan. Regions: R1C1 and R2C1 add up to 5; R1C2 adds up to 3; R1C3 adds up to 0; R1C4 adds up to 2; R1C5 adds up to 3; R1C6 and R2C6 are equal; R2C2 adds up to 6; R2C3 adds up to 2; R2C4 is more than 4; R2C5 adds up to 1; R3C1, R4C1, R5C1 and R5C2 are equal; R3C4 adds up to 4; R3C5 adds up to 6; R3C6 adds up to 2; R4C2 is less than 4; R4C5 is more than 4; R4C6, R5C6, R6C5 and R6C6 are equal; R5C3 is more than 4; R6C1, R6C2, R6C3 and R6C4 add up to 4.

• 4-5: R4C6 = 4, R4C5 = 5
• 3-3: R1C1 = 3, R1C2 = 3
• 4-2: R2C6 = 4, R3C6 = 2
• 1-5: R2C5 = 1, R2C4 = 5
• 1-1: R6C2 = 1, R6C3 = 1
• 2-0: R1C4 = 2, R1C3 = 0
• 1-4: R6C4 = 1, R6C5 = 4
• 3-2: R4C2 = 3, R4C1 = 2
• 2-6: R2C3 = 2, R2C2 = 6
• 4-4: R5C6 = 4, R6C6 = 4
• 1-2: R6C1 = 1, R5C1 = 2
• 2-2: R2C1 = 2, R3C1 = 2
• 2-5: R5C2 = 2, R5C3 = 5
• 4-3: R1C6 = 4, R1C5 = 3
• 6-4: R3C5 = 6, R3C4 = 4

No domino on Easy or Hard flips without breaking a rule. On Medium, the 3-1 and the 3-2 can be turned around. Thursday’s boards arrive at midnight.