NYT Pips Hints & Answers Today, November 13, 2026

Friday’s Pips from The New York Times (NYT), Nov. 13, 2026, brings back the domino set from the Nov. 7 Hard on a new grid of fixed values. Ian Livengood made Easy; Rodolfo Kurchan made Medium and Hard. Easy has three blank cells today, and our Pips page explains blank cells and every other region type. The placements below match the Times’ data.

Where each Pips board starts on Nov. 13

R6C2 is the sixth row down and the second column across.

Easy. Every cell on this board touches exactly one other, so the pairs are fixed. R5C2 must be more than 4, and the 1-5 is the only domino with a 5 or 6, so it goes there with its 1 in R5C1. That takes the 1-5 away from R1C1 and R1C2, which add up to 6, leaving the 3-3 as the only domino that totals 6.

Medium. R1C4 must add up to 0, and the 0-4 is the only domino with a 0, so its 4 lands in R1C3 or R2C4. R3C1 touches only R3C2, and together they make 8; the 5-3 and the 4-4 are the dominoes that total 8.

Hard. R6C2 must be 2. Its neighbors are R5C2, which must be 1, and R6C3, which must be 2. The set has no doubles, so a 2-2 can’t exist, and R6C2 shares the 1-2 with R5C2.

Friday’s three Pips boards side by side

Level	Dominoes	Regions	Sum	Equal	Not equal	Less or more than	No condition
Easy	5	8	2	1	0	2	3
Medium	7	10	4	1	0	4	1
Hard	16	32	31	0	0	0	1

Counts come from the Times’ data for Nov. 13. Easy has eight regions for ten cells, three of them blank.

Friday’s Pips hints, Nov. 13, 2026

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

• Hint 1

  The board is five separate pairs of cells, one domino each.
• Hint 2

  R5C5 and R5C6 must match, so their domino is a double: the 4-4 or the 3-3.

Medium (seven dominoes: 1-3, 4-4, 6-5, 0-4, 5-3, 3-3, 5-4)

• Hint 1

  R2C4, R3C3 and R3C4 must match. The 3 and the 4 each show up four times; the 5 three times.
• Hint 2

  R2C2 must be more than 4, and R1C2 above it more than 3.

Hard (sixteen dominoes on a six-row board)

• Hint 1

  Thirty-one of the 32 cells have a fixed value. R4C6 is the one cell with no condition.
• Hint 2

  Every domino is different and none is a double, so two touching cells with equal values never pair.

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

• R1C1 and R1C2 add up to 6 (two cells)

  R1C1 holds a 3, on the 3-3 domino.
• R1C5 takes any value (one cell)

  R1C5 holds a 0, on the 0-4 domino.
• R1C6 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 0-4 domino; its other half sits at R1C5.
• R3C3 takes any value (one cell)

  R3C3 holds a 1, on the 1-3 domino.
• R3C4 is more than 1 (one cell)

  R3C4 holds a 3, on the 1-3 domino.
• R5C1 takes any value (one cell)

  R5C1 holds a 1, on the 1-5 domino.
• R5C2 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R5C2 holds a 5, on the 1-5 domino.
• R5C5 and R5C6 are equal (two cells)

  R5C5 holds a 4, on the 4-4 domino.

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

• R1C2 is more than 3 (one cell)

  R1C2 holds a 5, on the 6-5 domino.
• R1C3 takes any value (one cell)

  R1C3 holds a 1, on the 1-3 domino.
• R1C4 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-4 domino; its other half sits at R2C4.
• R2C2 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R2C2 holds a 6, on the 6-5 domino.
• R2C3 is more than 1 (one cell)

  R2C3 holds a 3, on the 1-3 domino.
• R2C4, R3C3 and R3C4 are equal (three cells)

  R2C4 holds a 4, on the 0-4 domino.
• R2C5 and R2C6 add up to 8 (two cells)

  R2C5 holds a 3, on the 3-3 domino.
• R3C1 and R3C2 add up to 8 (two cells)

  R3C1 holds a 3, on the 5-3 domino.
• R3C5 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 3-3 domino; its other half sits at R2C5.
• R3C6 is less than 6 (one cell)

  R3C6 holds a 4, on the 5-4 domino.

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

• R1C1 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-3 domino; its other half sits at R2C1.
• R1C2 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 2-5 domino; its other half sits at R1C3.
• R1C3 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 2-5 domino; its other half sits at R1C2.
• R1C4 adds up to 1 (one cell)

  The 1 comes from the 0-1 domino; its other half sits at R2C4.
• R1C5 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 4-5 domino; its other half sits at R2C5.
• R2C1 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 0-3 domino; its other half sits at R1C1.
• R2C2 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-4 domino; its other half sits at R3C2.
• R2C3 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 3-5 domino; its other half sits at R3C3.
• R2C4 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-1 domino; its other half sits at R1C4.
• R2C5 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 4-5 domino; its other half sits at R1C5.
• R3C1 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 3-4 domino; its other half sits at R4C1.
• R3C2 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 0-4 domino; its other half sits at R2C2.
• R3C3 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 3-5 domino; its other half sits at R2C3.
• R3C4 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 0-2 domino; its other half sits at R4C4.
• R3C5 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 1-5 domino; its other half sits at R3C6.
• R3C6 adds up to 1 (one cell)

  The 1 comes from the 1-5 domino; its other half sits at R3C5.
• R4C1 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 3-4 domino; its other half sits at R3C1.
• R4C2 adds up to 1 (one cell)

  The 1 comes from the 1-4 domino; its other half sits at R4C3.
• R4C3 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 1-4 domino; its other half sits at R4C2.
• R4C4 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-2 domino; its other half sits at R3C4.
• R4C5 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 3-6 domino; its other half sits at R4C6.
• R4C6 takes any value (one cell)

  R4C6 holds a 6, on the 3-6 domino.
• R5C2 adds up to 1 (one cell)

  The 1 comes from the 1-2 domino; its other half sits at R6C2.
• R5C3 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 0-5 domino; its other half sits at R5C4.
• R5C4 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-5 domino; its other half sits at R5C3.
• R5C5 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 2-4 domino; its other half sits at R6C5.
• R5C6 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 1-3 domino; its other half sits at R6C6.
• R6C2 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 1-2 domino; its other half sits at R5C2.
• R6C3 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 2-3 domino; its other half sits at R6C4.
• R6C4 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 2-3 domino; its other half sits at R6C3.
• R6C5 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 2-4 domino; its other half sits at R5C5.
• R6C6 adds up to 1 (one cell)

  The 1 comes from the 1-3 domino; its other half sits at R5C6.

Reading the boards before you check

On Hard, R4C6 must take the board’s only 6, since no fixed cell asks for one; its partner is one of the two 3s beside it. After the 1-2 at R5C2 and R6C2, check R5C3 and R6C3, which now have fewer neighbors free. Medium has one blank cell, R1C3.

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Friday’s Pips answers, Nov. 13, 2026 (spoilers)

Placements below. Each line gives the domino, then where each half sits.

Easy, by Ian Livengood. Regions: R5C5 and R5C6 are equal; R1C1 and R1C2 add up to 6; R5C2 is more than 4; R1C6 adds up to 4; R3C4 is more than 1; R1C5 takes any value; R5C1 takes any value; R3C3 takes any value.

• 0-4: R1C5 = 0, R1C6 = 4
• 4-4: R5C5 = 4, R5C6 = 4
• 1-5: R5C1 = 1, R5C2 = 5
• 1-3: R3C3 = 1, R3C4 = 3
• 3-3: R1C1 = 3, R1C2 = 3

Medium, by Rodolfo Kurchan. Regions: R1C2 is more than 3; R1C4 adds up to 0; R2C2 is more than 4; R2C3 is more than 1; R2C4, R3C3 and R3C4 are equal; R2C5 and R2C6 add up to 8; R3C1 and R3C2 add up to 8; R3C5 adds up to 3; R3C6 is less than 6; R1C3 takes any value.

• 1-3: R1C3 = 1, R2C3 = 3
• 4-4: R3C3 = 4, R3C4 = 4
• 6-5: R2C2 = 6, R1C2 = 5
• 0-4: R1C4 = 0, R2C4 = 4
• 5-3: R3C2 = 5, R3C1 = 3
• 3-3: R2C5 = 3, R3C5 = 3
• 5-4: R2C6 = 5, R3C6 = 4

Hard, by Rodolfo Kurchan. Regions: R1C1 adds up to 0; R1C2 adds up to 5; R1C3 adds up to 2; R1C4 adds up to 1; R1C5 adds up to 4; R2C1 adds up to 3; R2C2 adds up to 0; R2C3 adds up to 3; R2C4 adds up to 0; R2C5 adds up to 5; R3C1 adds up to 4; R3C2 adds up to 4; R3C3 adds up to 5; R3C4 adds up to 2; R3C5 adds up to 5; R3C6 adds up to 1; R4C1 adds up to 3; R4C2 adds up to 1; R4C3 adds up to 4; R4C4 adds up to 0; R4C5 adds up to 3; R4C6 takes any value; R5C2 adds up to 1; R5C3 adds up to 5; R5C4 adds up to 0; R5C5 adds up to 2; R5C6 adds up to 3; R6C2 adds up to 2; R6C3 adds up to 2; R6C4 adds up to 3; R6C5 adds up to 4; R6C6 adds up to 1.

• 0-1: R2C4 = 0, R1C4 = 1
• 0-2: R4C4 = 0, R3C4 = 2
• 0-3: R1C1 = 0, R2C1 = 3
• 0-4: R2C2 = 0, R3C2 = 4
• 0-5: R5C4 = 0, R5C3 = 5
• 1-2: R5C2 = 1, R6C2 = 2
• 1-3: R6C6 = 1, R5C6 = 3
• 1-4: R4C2 = 1, R4C3 = 4
• 1-5: R3C6 = 1, R3C5 = 5
• 2-3: R6C3 = 2, R6C4 = 3
• 2-4: R5C5 = 2, R6C5 = 4
• 2-5: R1C3 = 2, R1C2 = 5
• 3-4: R4C1 = 3, R3C1 = 4
• 3-5: R2C3 = 3, R3C3 = 5
• 4-5: R1C5 = 4, R2C5 = 5
• 3-6: R4C5 = 3, R4C6 = 6

Medium’s 6-5 and 5-3 can be flipped without breaking a rule; nothing on Easy or Hard can. Saturday’s boards appear at midnight.