Pips Hints for October 24, 2026
Three boards, three sets of hints: Easy, Medium and Hard. Each one starts with where to begin, then places a domino or two — the solved board stays hidden until you tap for it.
Easy
Hint 1 · Where to start
Start with the orange region marked 2. It is the tightest spot on the board: only two combinations of numbers fit there, so try those first and let the neighbors follow.
Hint 2 · A first domino
The 0–6 domino stands upright with its 0 in the orange region marked 2 and its 6 in the pink region marked =.
Hint 3 · Halfway there
The 3–2 domino lies flat with its 3 on an unmarked square and its 2 in the orange region marked 2. The 5–4 domino lies flat with its 5 on an unmarked square and its 4 in the purple region marked 7. With these and the first one in place, the rest follows from the markings.
Show the solved Easy board
Medium
Hint 1 · Where to start
Start with the green region marked 0. With the dominoes you have, it allows only one set of numbers, so it is settled before you place anything else.
Hint 2 · A first domino
The double 0 stands upright, one half in the pink region marked ≠ and the other in the green region marked 0.
Hint 3 · Halfway there
The 3–0 domino lies flat with its 3 in the blue region marked 6 and its 0 in the green region marked 0. The 4–1 domino stands upright with its 4 in the teal region marked more than 9 and its 1 in the purple region marked 6. The double 5 stands upright, one half in the purple region marked 6 and the other in the orange square marked more than 4. With these and the first one in place, the rest follows from the markings.
Show the solved Medium board
This board can be finished in two different ways, and Pips accepts any board where every marking is satisfied. This is the one we played.
Hard
Hint 1 · Where to start
Start with the purple square marked 4 in the top row and the pink square marked 0. With the dominoes you have, each one can hold only one number, so they anchor everything around them.
Hint 2 · A first domino
The 0–4 domino lies flat with its 0 in the pink square marked 0 and its 4 in the purple square marked 4 in the top row.
Hint 3 · Halfway there
The 1–5 domino stands upright with its 1 in the teal square marked 1 and its 5 in the purple square marked 5. The 2–3 domino stands upright with its 2 in the pink square marked 2 and its 3 in the orange square marked 3. The 1–2 domino stands upright with its 1 in the orange square marked 1 and its 2 in the blue square marked 2. The 3–6 domino lies flat with its 3 in the green square marked 3 in the second row and its 6 on an unmarked square. The 3–4 domino stands upright with its 3 in the teal square marked 3 in the second row and its 4 in the orange square marked 4. With these and the first one in place, the rest follows from the markings.
Show the solved Hard board
Today’s hints for other games
- Wordle3 hints, gentle to generous
- ConnectionsOne hint per group, groups in order
- StrandsThe theme, the spangram, then first letters
- Contexto4 hints to the secret word
- LA Times CrosswordEvery clue: first letter, then the answer
- JumbleThe four words, then the riddle
- CryptoquipA few letters, the first words, then the quip
Pips hints, day by day
How our Pips hints work
Hint 1 shows where to begin
The square or region that allows the fewest numbers. Most boards fall into place from there.
Hints 2 and 3 place dominoes
First one domino, then about half of them, and only dominoes that sit the same way in every correct solution.
The answer is the board we played
We play all three boards every day. When a board can be finished more than one way, we say so, because Pips accepts any board that meets every marking.