NYT Pips Hints & Answers Today, November 14, 2026

Saturday’s Pips from The New York Times (NYT), Nov. 14, 2026, puts five doubles on the Hard board and opens it with a top row of three 6s. Ian Livengood made Easy; Rodolfo Kurchan made Medium and Hard. Medium has a not-equal region today, which our Pips page explains with the other signs. Every placement below comes from the Times’ data.

Where each Pips board starts on Nov. 14

Cell names give the row, then the column: R9C1 is the bottom-left cell of Hard.

Easy. Three dead ends set three dominoes: R1C1 with R2C1, R2C3 with R2C2, and R5C3 with R4C3. That leaves R3C1, R3C2, R4C1 and R4C2. R3C1 and R4C1 must match, and with no doubles in the set they can’t share a domino, so R3C1 pairs with R3C2 and R4C1 with R4C2.

Medium. R2C2 must be more than 4, and the only half above 4 is the 6 on the 6-3. R1C3 must add up to 0, and the only 0 is on the 0-4. Those two dominoes are placed in part before anything else: each has one half fixed and the other in a neighboring cell.

Hard. R1C1, R1C2 and R1C3 must add up to 18, so each is a 6. R1C2 touches only R1C1 and R1C3, so whichever it pairs with, its domino is 6 on both ends: the 6-6.

Saturday’s three Pips boards side by side

Level	Dominoes	Regions	Sum	Equal	Not equal	Less or more than	No condition
Easy	5	6	3	1	0	1	1
Medium	7	8	3	1	1	3	0
Hard	16	17	11	1	1	3	1

Counts come from the Times’ data for Nov. 14. Medium has three single-cell sums, Easy one and Hard five.

Saturday’s Pips hints, Nov. 14, 2026

Easy (five dominoes: 2-4, 2-0, 2-6, 4-1, 4-3)

• Hint 1

  R1C1 must be a 4. Three dominoes carry one: the 2-4, the 4-1 and the 4-3.
• Hint 2

  R2C2 and R3C2 add up to 8, and R2C3 to their right must be more than 2.

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

• Hint 1

  R1C3 must add up to 0, and only the 0-4 has a 0.
• Hint 2

  R1C1, R2C1 and R1C2 must match. Three doubles, 2-2, 4-4 and 3-3, could each cover two of them.

Hard (sixteen dominoes on a nine-row board)

• Hint 1

  R3C1, R5C5 and R7C4 must each be 0. Five halves show a 0.
• Hint 2

  R7C7, R8C7 and R9C7 must match, and R7C7 touches only R8C7, so that domino is a double.

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

• R1C1 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 4-1 domino; its other half sits at R2C1.
• R2C1 takes any value (one cell)

  R2C1 holds a 1, on the 4-1 domino.
• R2C2 and R3C2 add up to 8 (two cells)

  R2C2 holds a 4, on the 4-3 domino.
• R2C3 is more than 2 (one cell)

  R2C3 holds a 3, on the 4-3 domino.
• R3C1 and R4C1 are equal (two cells)

  R3C1 holds a 2, on the 2-4 domino.
• R4C2, R4C3 and R5C3 add up to 8 (three cells)

  R4C2 holds a 0, on the 2-0 domino.

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

• R1C1, R1C2 and R2C1 are equal (three cells)

  R1C1 holds a 4, on the 4-4 domino.
• R1C3 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-4 domino; its other half sits at R2C3.
• R2C2 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R2C2 holds a 6, on the 6-3 domino.
• R2C3, R2C4 and R2C5 are all different (three cells)

  R2C3 holds a 4, on the 0-4 domino.
• R3C1, R3C2 and R3C3 total less than 8 (three cells)

  R3C1 holds a 1, on the 4-1 domino.
• R3C4 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 2-2 domino; its other half sits at R2C4.
• R3C5 adds up to 3 (one cell)

  The 3 comes from the 3-3 domino; its other half sits at R2C5.
• R4C3 is less than 3 (one cell)

  R4C3 holds a 2, on the 3-2 domino.

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

• R1C1, R1C2 and R1C3 add up to 18 (three cells)

  R1C1 holds a 6, on the 6-6 domino.
• R1C5 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 5-2 domino; its other half sits at R2C5.
• R1C6 and R1C7 total less than 4 (two cells)

  R1C6 holds a 2, on the 2-1 domino.
• R2C1 takes any value (one cell)

  R2C1 holds a 3, on the 0-3 domino.
• R2C3, R3C2 and R3C3 add up to 12 (three cells)

  R2C3 holds a 4, on the 4-6 domino.
• R2C5, R3C5 and R3C6 add up to 6 (three cells)

  R2C5 holds a 2, on the 5-2 domino.
• R3C1 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-3 domino; its other half sits at R2C1.
• R4C1 and R5C1 add up to 9 (two cells)

  R4C1 holds a 3, on the 3-6 domino.
• R4C5 is more than 3 (one cell)

  R4C5 holds a 4, on the 4-0 domino.
• R5C5 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 4-0 domino; its other half sits at R4C5.
• R5C6 and R5C7 are all different (two cells)

  R5C6 holds a 6, on the 6-2 domino.
• R7C1 and R8C1 add up to 5 (two cells)

  R7C1 holds a 4, on the 4-5 domino.
• R7C2 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 4-5 domino; its other half sits at R7C1.
• R7C4 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-0 domino; its other half sits at R8C4.
• R7C7, R8C7 and R9C7 are equal (three cells)

  R7C7 holds a 1, on the 1-1 domino.
• R8C4, R9C4, R9C5 and R9C6 add up to 5 (four cells)

  R8C4 holds a 0, on the 0-0 domino.
• R9C1 is more than 5 (one cell)

  R9C1 holds a 6, on the 6-1 domino.

Reading the boards before you check

Hard has eight dead-end cells, among them R7C2, R9C1 and R7C4, so many dominoes are placed in outline before you test a value. R2C1 is Hard’s only blank. On Medium, R2C3, R2C4 and R2C5 must all differ, and R4C3 must be under 3.

Saturday’s other puzzles: Wordle hints, Connections hints and Strands hints. Weekend times can go on the printable weekly calendar or the November 2026 calendar.

Saturday’s Pips answers, Nov. 14, 2026 (spoilers)

Here is the solution. Each line names a domino, then the cell and value for each half.

Easy, by Ian Livengood. Regions: R5C3, R4C3 and R4C2 add up to 8; R2C2 and R3C2 add up to 8; R4C1 and R3C1 are equal; R1C1 adds up to 4; R2C3 is more than 2; R2C1 takes any value.

• 2-4: R3C1 = 2, R3C2 = 4
• 2-0: R4C1 = 2, R4C2 = 0
• 2-6: R4C3 = 2, R5C3 = 6
• 4-1: R1C1 = 4, R2C1 = 1
• 4-3: R2C2 = 4, R2C3 = 3

Medium, by Rodolfo Kurchan. Regions: R1C1, R2C1 and R1C2 are equal; R3C1, R3C3 and R3C2 total less than 8; R4C3 is less than 3; R2C2 is more than 4; R1C3 adds up to 0; R2C3, R2C5 and R2C4 are all different; R3C4 adds up to 2; R3C5 adds up to 3.

• 3-2: R3C3 = 3, R4C3 = 2
• 2-2: R3C4 = 2, R2C4 = 2
• 0-4: R1C3 = 0, R2C3 = 4
• 6-3: R2C2 = 6, R3C2 = 3
• 4-1: R2C1 = 4, R3C1 = 1
• 4-4: R1C1 = 4, R1C2 = 4
• 3-3: R2C5 = 3, R3C5 = 3

Hard, by Rodolfo Kurchan. Regions: R1C1, R1C2 and R1C3 add up to 18; R1C5 adds up to 5; R1C6 and R1C7 total less than 4; R2C1 takes any value; R2C3, R3C2 and R3C3 add up to 12; R2C5, R3C5 and R3C6 add up to 6; R3C1 adds up to 0; R4C1 and R5C1 add up to 9; R4C5 is more than 3; R5C5 adds up to 0; R5C6 and R5C7 are all different; R7C1 and R8C1 add up to 5; R7C2 adds up to 5; R7C4 adds up to 0; R7C7, R8C7 and R9C7 are equal; R8C4, R9C4, R9C5 and R9C6 add up to 5; R9C1 is more than 5.

• 4-5: R7C1 = 4, R7C2 = 5
• 2-2: R3C5 = 2, R3C6 = 2
• 6-2: R5C6 = 6, R5C7 = 2
• 0-1: R9C6 = 0, R9C7 = 1
• 1-1: R7C7 = 1, R8C7 = 1
• 0-3: R3C1 = 0, R2C1 = 3
• 2-1: R1C6 = 2, R1C7 = 1
• 3-6: R4C1 = 3, R5C1 = 6
• 2-3: R9C4 = 2, R9C5 = 3
• 0-0: R7C4 = 0, R8C4 = 0
• 4-6: R2C3 = 4, R1C3 = 6
• 4-0: R4C5 = 4, R5C5 = 0
• 6-1: R9C1 = 6, R8C1 = 1
• 5-2: R1C5 = 5, R2C5 = 2
• 4-4: R3C2 = 4, R3C3 = 4
• 6-6: R1C1 = 6, R1C2 = 6

Easy’s 2-6 can be flipped without breaking a rule. On Hard, the 6-2, 2-1, 3-6 and 2-3 can be turned around; nothing on Medium can. Sunday’s boards open at midnight.