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1Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute2Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errors3Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitchesHere are the NYT Pips answers for Thursday, February 26, 2026, across Easy, Medium, and Hard. If something isn’t clicking, use the rule reminders first; full placements follow below with a spoiler warning.
How NYT Pips works
Pips is a domino-placement logic puzzle: place dominoes to fill the board while satisfying the condition shown in each color-coded region. Number regions require their target sum. Equal regions require matching values; Unequal regions require different values. Greater Than and Less Than regions require totals above or below the displayed threshold. The board layout changes between difficulties, but the rule types remain consistent. Bored Panda’s rules explainer recommends tackling strict Number or Equal regions before more flexible spaces. Its practical advice is to work backward from trickier rules, then fit remaining dominoes into open areas.
February 26, 2026 Pips answers
Spoiler warning: The placements below give away the solutions. Orientations are reported as horizontal or vertical, with each domino written in the order listed by the answer source.
Easy
- Equal region: 1-4 horizontal; 3-1 horizontal.
- Number (7): 3-0 vertical; 1-4 horizontal.
- Number (3): 3-1 horizontal.
- Equal region: 1-1 vertical.
- Equal region: 3-0 vertical; 0-0 horizontal.
Medium
- Number (10): 5-4 horizontal; 5-5 horizontal.
- Number (11): 5-5 horizontal; 6-0 horizontal.
- Unequal region: 0-0 vertical; 2-2 horizontal; 4-4 vertical.
- Number (8): 5-4 horizontal; 0-4 horizontal.
- Greater Than (2): 4-4 vertical.
- Less Than (2): 0-0 vertical.
Hard
- Number (10): 0-6 horizontal; 2-4 vertical.
- Less Than (2): 0-6 horizontal.
- Number (6): 3-3 vertical.
- Equal region: 2-6 vertical; 2-1 horizontal.
- Number (2): 2-1 horizontal; 4-1 vertical.
- Equal region: 5-5 vertical; 5-1 horizontal.
- Number (12): 2-6 vertical; 6-5 horizontal.
- Number (9): 4-1 vertical; 6-5 horizontal.
- Equal region: 5-4 horizontal; 4-4 vertical.
- Number (17): 6-6 horizontal; 5-4 horizontal.
- Number (4): 0-4 horizontal.
- Number (1): 0-4 horizontal; 0-0 vertical; 1-1 horizontal.
- Greater Than (4): 3-5 vertical.
- Final Number (4): 3-5 vertical; 1-1 horizontal.
The dated solution list is from Bored Panda’s February 26 walkthrough; DazePuzzle also dates its Pips answer page to February 26 and includes Easy, Medium, and Hard solution sections. These are attributed answer placements, not an independently verified playthrough. DazePuzzle’s dated answer page.
Quick Recap
Best Value
- Beginning Sounds Dominoes
- Beginning sound dominoes include a 28 piece set on thick plastic dominoes
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- Children will love the feel of real dominoes as they complete the beginning sound matching game
- Produced with the highest grade materials
Rank #4
- For 2 to 6 players
- Plays in 30 minutes
- Ages 8 and up
Rank #3
- Great For On-The-Go Fun: This set of double 12 dominoes comes in a sleek, stylish aluminum carry case and has everything you need to play; the sturdy aluminum case makes it easy and safe to transport
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Rank #2
- 28 piece set of dominoes to teach time skills
- Thick plastic dominoes make manipulation easy to play the game
- Collectors tin for easy storage
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- Children will love the feel of learning with a real domino
#1 Best Overall
- Officially licensed NFL product
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