Need a nudge before the answer? Start with the progressive hints below, then open the full placement walkthrough when you’re ready. The Wednesday, September 30, 2026, NYT Pips Hard puzzle is listed by independent puzzle-help archives as puzzle #1356, with 15 dominoes and 15 regions. The placements here follow an independent dated walkthrough; compare them with your board’s layout and tile orientations.
Hints for the September 30 Hard puzzle
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Begin with the tightly constrained three-cell region in the top-right corner. Check which tile in the tray can anchor its total.
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Next, use the tile that crosses from the neighboring two-cell region into the first solved area. Its value in the sum-6 pair leaves a specific amount for the other cell.
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Follow the value carried into the purple equality region: once one cell is fixed, the region’s rule determines the rest.
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For the blue four-cell region, account for the high-valued halves of the available tiles, while tracking where each tile’s other half lands.
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At the end, verify the remaining sums, equality and inequality regions, and the strict comparison cells. Each domino must fit both regions it touches.
Full step-by-step solution
Spoiler: The sequence below gives all 15 domino placements. Follow the board’s cell positions and rotate tiles as needed to match the orientations shown in your game.
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Place the 0/0 double across the middle and right cells of the teal top-right run. Place the 3/4 tile so its 3 occupies the run’s left cell and its 4 enters the right cell of the pink sum-6 pair.
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Put the 2/4 tile across the pink pair and purple block: 2 fills the pair’s left cell, and 4 goes in the purple block’s top-left cell. The purple three-cell equality region must therefore contain 4 in every cell.
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Place the 4/4 double vertically to complete the purple equality region. One half fills its bottom-left cell; the other enters the upper cell of the green sum-9 pair below. Put the 4/1 tile with 4 in the purple block’s bottom-right cell and 1 in the upper cell of the orange sum-2 pair.
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Fill the blue four-cell sum-22 region with three tiles: place 4/6 horizontally across its top row, with 4 then 6; place 5/6 vertically so 6 is in the blue region’s bottom-left cell and 5 is in the teal greater-than-4 cell; place 2/6 vertically so 6 is in the blue region’s bottom-right cell and 2 is in the top-right cell of the orange equality block.
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Place 1/5 horizontally so 5 completes the green sum-9 pair and 1 fills the lower cell of the orange sum-2 pair. Along the lower edge, place 4/0 with 4 in the lower purple sum-9 pair and 0 in the pink less-than-1 cell. Place 4/5 vertically so 5 completes that purple sum-9 pair and 4 occupies a free square.
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Complete the orange bottom-right equality block with 2s. The 2/6 tile has already supplied its top-right cell; place the 2/2 double in the middle-right and bottom-right cells, and put the 2 half of the 2/5 tile in the middle-left cell. The 5 half goes in the blue greater-than-4 cell.
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Finish the lower-left regions with the 3/1 and 3/2 tiles. Their 1 and 3 fill the green unequal pair; put the 2 from 3/2 in the purple sum-2 single, and place the remaining 3 in a free square.
How to use the hints and check the board
Pips uses dominoes placed across a board divided into colored regions. Every domino must be placed, and every region must meet its own rule. A tile may cross a region boundary, so checking only the half inside the region you are solving can lead to a dead end. Start with the smallest or most restrictive region, then carry each tile’s other value forward into the next region.
The Hard board is listed as having 15 dominoes and 15 regions. The archive’s constraint list includes a three-cell equality region, two-cell sum-6 and sum-2 regions, a three-cell sum-3 region, and a four-cell sum-22 region, alongside other sums, equality, inequality, comparison, and empty cells. The walkthrough above is based on independent puzzle-help archives rather than direct verification against NYT’s board; the archive attributes its placements to official NYT puzzle data.
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