NYT Pips Hints & Answers Today, November 15, 2026

Sunday’s Pips from The New York Times (NYT), Nov. 15, 2026, ends the week with a Hard board whose two bottom corners must each fill with a single value. Ian Livengood made Easy; Rodolfo Kurchan made Medium and Hard. Those corners are equal regions, explained on our Pips page along with the sum and comparison signs. Placements in the answer section follow the Times’ data.

Where each Pips board starts on Nov. 15

R6C6 is row 6, column 6, the bottom-right cell of Hard.

Easy. R1C2 and R3C1 must both be 5s, and each touches a single cell: R1C3 and R4C1. The 5-4 and the 5-0 are the two dominoes with a 5. R4C1 belongs to a pair that totals less than 3, so it can’t take the 4. The 5-0 goes to R3C1 and R4C1, and the 5-4 to R1C2 and R1C3.

Medium. R2C3 and R2C4 must match, and each has just two neighbors in the middle row. If they don’t share a domino, R2C4 pairs with R2C5, which must be 0 and so brings the 0-5, putting a 5 in R2C4. R2C3 would then need a 5 from the 5-1, with the 1 in R2C2, which must be more than 2. So R2C3 and R2C4 share a domino inside an equal region: the 2-2, the only double.

Hard. R6C1 touches only R5C1 and R6C2, and R6C6 only R5C6 and R6C5, all inside the two equal squares. Each corner domino therefore sits inside its square and must be a double. The set has two, 6-6 and 0-0, so one square is all 6s and the other all 0s.

Sunday’s three Pips boards side by side

Level	Dominoes	Regions	Sum	Equal	Not equal	Less or more than	No condition
Easy	5	6	4	1	0	1	0
Medium	7	9	4	1	0	2	2
Hard	15	18	12	2	0	4	0

Counts come from the Times’ data for Nov. 15. Medium has two blank cells, R3C2 and R1C5, and Hard has none.

Sunday’s Pips hints, Nov. 15, 2026

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

• Hint 1

  R2C4 and R3C4 add up to 9. The only 6 on the board is on the 0-6.
• Hint 2

  R3C3 and R4C3 add up to 3. With no 1 or 2 in the set, that is a 0 and a 3.

Medium (seven dominoes: 3-6, 5-1, 4-1, 1-2, 2-3, 0-5, 2-2)

• Hint 1

  R2C5 must be 0, and the only 0 is on the 0-5.
• Hint 2

  R1C1, R2C1 and R3C1 add up to 10 down the left edge. The only 6 is on the 3-6.

Hard (fifteen dominoes on a six-row board)

• Hint 1

  R1C2, R2C2 and R3C2 add up to 13, and so do R1C6, R2C5 and R2C6.
• Hint 2

  R3C6 and R6C4 must each be more than 4. Seven halves show a 6 and three show a 5.

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

• R1C2 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 5-4 domino; its other half sits at R1C3.
• R1C3 and R1C4 are equal (two cells)

  R1C3 holds a 4, on the 5-4 domino.
• R2C4 and R3C4 add up to 9 (two cells)

  R2C4 holds a 3, on the 4-3 domino.
• R3C1 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 5-0 domino; its other half sits at R4C1.
• R3C3 and R4C3 add up to 3 (two cells)

  R3C3 holds a 0, on the 0-6 domino.
• R4C1 and R4C2 total less than 3 (two cells)

  R4C1 holds a 0, on the 5-0 domino.

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

• R1C1, R2C1 and R3C1 add up to 10 (three cells)

  R1C1 holds a 1, on the 1-2 domino.
• R1C2 is more than 1 (one cell)

  R1C2 holds a 2, on the 1-2 domino.
• R1C5 takes any value (one cell)

  R1C5 holds a 2, on the 2-3 domino.
• R1C6 and R2C6 add up to 8 (two cells)

  R1C6 holds a 3, on the 2-3 domino.
• R2C2 is more than 2 (one cell)

  R2C2 holds a 5, on the 5-1 domino.
• R2C3 and R2C4 are equal (two cells)

  R2C3 holds a 2, on the 2-2 domino.
• R2C5 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 0-5 domino; its other half sits at R2C6.
• R3C2 takes any value (one cell)

  R3C2 holds a 1, on the 5-1 domino.
• R3C5 and R3C6 add up to 5 (two cells)

  R3C5 holds a 4, on the 4-1 domino.

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

• R1C1 adds up to 1 (one cell)

  The 1 comes from the 1-4 domino; its other half sits at R1C2.
• R1C2, R2C2 and R3C2 add up to 13 (three cells)

  R1C2 holds a 4, on the 1-4 domino.
• R1C3 and R1C4 add up to 4 (two cells)

  R1C3 holds a 1, on the 1-3 domino.
• R1C5 adds up to 0 (one cell)

  The 0 comes from the 6-0 domino; its other half sits at R1C6.
• R1C6, R2C5 and R2C6 add up to 13 (three cells)

  R1C6 holds a 6, on the 6-0 domino.
• R2C1 adds up to 5 (one cell)

  The 5 comes from the 4-5 domino; its other half sits at R3C1.
• R2C4 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 6-2 domino; its other half sits at R2C5.
• R3C1 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 4-5 domino; its other half sits at R2C1.
• R3C6 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R3C6 holds a 5, on the 5-1 domino.
• R4C1 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 2-4 domino; its other half sits at R4C2.
• R4C2 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 2-4 domino; its other half sits at R4C1.
• R4C5 and R4C6 total less than 4 (two cells)

  R4C5 holds a 2, on the 1-2 domino.
• R5C1, R5C2, R6C1 and R6C2 are equal (four cells)

  R5C1 holds a 0, on the 0-0 domino.
• R5C3 adds up to 2 (one cell)

  The 2 comes from the 2-0 domino; its other half sits at R5C2.
• R5C4 adds up to 4 (one cell)

  The 4 comes from the 4-6 domino; its other half sits at R5C5.
• R5C5, R5C6, R6C5 and R6C6 are equal (four cells)

  R5C5 holds a 6, on the 4-6 domino.
• R6C3 is more than 2 (one cell)

  R6C3 holds a 3, on the 0-3 domino.
• R6C4 is more than 4 (one cell)

  R6C4 holds a 5, on the 6-5 domino.

Reading the boards before you check

Hard has nine single-cell sums, and the left column is almost all fixed: R1C1, R2C1, R3C1 and R4C1 must be 1, 5, 4 and 4. Once you know which square holds the 0s, count what remains for R1C5, which also needs a 0. On Medium, R3C5 and R3C6 must add up to 5.

Sunday’s other games: Wordle hints, Connections hints and Strands hints. A new week starts on the printable weekly calendar, and the November 2026 calendar covers the rest.

Sunday’s Pips answers, Nov. 15, 2026 (spoilers)

Spoilers start here. Each line names the domino and gives each half’s cell.

Easy, by Ian Livengood. Regions: R1C2 adds up to 5; R3C1 adds up to 5; R1C3 and R1C4 are equal; R4C1 and R4C2 total less than 3; R2C4 and R3C4 add up to 9; R3C3 and R4C3 add up to 3.

• 0-3: R4C2 = 0, R4C3 = 3
• 5-4: R1C2 = 5, R1C3 = 4
• 5-0: R3C1 = 5, R4C1 = 0
• 4-3: R1C4 = 4, R2C4 = 3
• 0-6: R3C3 = 0, R3C4 = 6

Medium, by Rodolfo Kurchan. Regions: R1C1, R2C1 and R3C1 add up to 10; R2C2 is more than 2; R1C2 is more than 1; R2C3 and R2C4 are equal; R2C5 adds up to 0; R3C5 and R3C6 add up to 5; R1C6 and R2C6 add up to 8; R3C2 takes any value; R1C5 takes any value.

• 3-6: R2C1 = 3, R3C1 = 6
• 5-1: R2C2 = 5, R3C2 = 1
• 4-1: R3C5 = 4, R3C6 = 1
• 1-2: R1C1 = 1, R1C2 = 2
• 2-3: R1C5 = 2, R1C6 = 3
• 0-5: R2C5 = 0, R2C6 = 5
• 2-2: R2C3 = 2, R2C4 = 2

Hard, by Rodolfo Kurchan. Regions: R1C1 adds up to 1; R1C2, R2C2 and R3C2 add up to 13; R1C3 and R1C4 add up to 4; R1C5 adds up to 0; R1C6, R2C5 and R2C6 add up to 13; R2C1 adds up to 5; R2C4 adds up to 2; R3C1 adds up to 4; R3C6 is more than 4; R4C1 adds up to 4; R4C2 adds up to 2; R4C5 and R4C6 total less than 4; R5C1, R5C2, R6C1 and R6C2 are equal; R5C3 adds up to 2; R5C4 adds up to 4; R5C5, R5C6, R6C5 and R6C6 are equal; R6C3 is more than 2; R6C4 is more than 4.

• 2-0: R5C3 = 2, R5C2 = 0
• 1-2: R4C6 = 1, R4C5 = 2
• 5-1: R3C6 = 5, R2C6 = 1
• 6-3: R2C2 = 6, R3C2 = 3
• 6-5: R6C5 = 6, R6C4 = 5
• 0-3: R6C2 = 0, R6C3 = 3
• 1-3: R1C3 = 1, R1C4 = 3
• 2-4: R4C2 = 2, R4C1 = 4
• 4-5: R3C1 = 4, R2C1 = 5
• 6-6: R5C6 = 6, R6C6 = 6
• 0-0: R5C1 = 0, R6C1 = 0
• 6-0: R1C6 = 6, R1C5 = 0
• 1-4: R1C1 = 1, R1C2 = 4
• 6-2: R2C5 = 6, R2C4 = 2
• 4-6: R5C4 = 4, R5C5 = 6

Easy has no flippable domino. On Medium, the 3-6 and 4-1 can be turned around, and on Hard the 1-2, 6-3 and 1-3 can, without breaking a rule. Monday’s boards go live at midnight.