PC Slower Than It Used to Be?
A free scan shows the junk files, broken settings and background clutter dragging Windows down - then fixes them in one click.Free scan · Windows 10 & 11Crashes, No Sound, or Screen Glitches?
Random freezes, missing sound and display glitches usually trace back to one bad driver. Find and replace yours safely.Free scan · under a minuteNeed a nudge or the full answer key for NYT Pips on Sunday, March 15, 2026? Start with the spoiler-free hints below. The reported solutions for the easy, medium, and hard boards follow, with tile placements counted from the top-left. The answer key is reported by independent guide EnergyPips, which says it is not affiliated with or endorsed by The New York Times.
Hints for March 15, 2026
Try the board-specific starting point before opening the answer key.
Easy
Begin with the middle-center column marked for a sum of 10. Only two combinations satisfy that region by itself; EnergyPips reports that the squares resolve to 4 and 6. The tray includes doubles 5-5 and 0-0.
Medium
Start at the middle-center square marked “< 1”: it must contain 0. The board has no doubles. EnergyPips reports 38 pips in the tray and a sum-2 region containing 1 and 1.
What’s actually slowing this PC down?
Pick the symptom - the matching free tool is one click away.
#1 Best Overall
Hard
The top-center square marked “= 2” must contain 2. The tray includes six doubles: 3-3, 2-2, 0-0, 6-6, 1-1, and 5-5.
How Pips clues work
Pips asks you to place the supplied dominoes across colored regions so that every square is filled and each region’s condition is met. An equals sign requires matching pip values within that region; a not-equal sign requires different values. The “<” and “>” symbols set a threshold, a number specifies an exact value or total, and an unmarked region has no additional value constraint. For a rules overview, see Forbes’ March 15 Pips guide.
March 15 board sizes and constraints
EnergyPips reports the following board details for the three difficulty levels:
| Difficulty | Squares | Dominoes | Useful first move | Reported constraint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | 10 | 5 | Work the sum-10 region; it resolves to 4 and 6. | 2 doubles and 2 unrestricted regions |
| Medium | 14 | 7 | Fill the “< 1” single square with 0. | No doubles; 2 sum regions |
| Hard | 30 | 15 | Fill the “= 2” single square with 2. | 6 doubles and 7 unrestricted regions; 18 regions total |
These are EnergyPips’ reported board figures, not NYT-published statistics. The date-specific solutions below are likewise reported by EnergyPips rather than independently verified as an official NYT answer key. Tile coordinates are one-based, with rows counted downward and columns counted from the left.
Quick Recap
Best Value
Rank #3
Easy answer
Region values
| Region | Reported values |
|---|---|
| Top-center equal region (3 squares) | 0, 0, 0 |
| Free middle-center square | 3 |
| Sum 10, middle-center column (2 squares) | 4, 6 |
| Middle-center equal region (3 squares) | 5, 5, 5 |
| Free bottom-left square | 3 |
Tile placements
- 3-6: row 4, columns 1–2
- 5-5: row 3, columns 4–5
- 5-4: row 3, columns 3–2
- 0-3: row 1, column 4, and row 2, column 4
- 0-0: row 1, columns 2–3
Medium answer
Region values
| Region | Reported values |
|---|---|
| Free top-center square | 5 |
| Free top-center square | 1 |
| Sum 2, middle-left row (2 squares) | 1, 1 |
| Less than 1, middle-center single square | 0 |
| Equal middle-center row (2 squares) | 3, 3 |
| Sum 5, bottom-left row (2 squares) | 2, 3 |
| Free bottom-center square | 4 |
| Equal bottom-center row (2 squares) | 2, 2 |
| Greater than 10, bottom-center row (2 squares) | 5, 6 |
Tile placements
- 1-3: (row 1, column 6) and (row 2, column 6)
- 5-1: (row 1, column 2) and (row 2, column 2)
- 0-2: (row 2, column 4) and (row 3, column 4)
- 2-5: (row 3, columns 5–6)
- 6-3: (row 3, column 7) and (row 2, column 7)
- 2-1: (row 3, column 1) and (row 2, column 1)
- 4-3: (row 3, columns 3–2)
Hard answer
Region values
| Region | Reported values |
|---|---|
| Greater than 2, top-center single square | 3 |
| Sum 2, top-center single square | 2 |
| Sum 10, middle-left row (2 squares) | 5, 5 |
| Equal middle-center block (3 squares) | 4, 4, 4 |
| Sum 12, middle-center column (2 squares) | 6, 6 |
| Sum 1, middle-right single square | 1 |
| Less than 2, middle-center single square | 0 |
| Sum 4, middle-center single square | 4 |
| Sum 11, middle-center row (2 squares) | 6, 5 |
| Sum 12, middle-center row (2 squares) | 6, 6 |
| Equal middle-center row (2 squares) | 2, 2 |
| Equal middle-center row (3 squares) | 3, 3, 3 |
| Greater than 2, middle-right single square | 5 |
| Free middle-center single square | 0 |
| All-different middle-center column (3 squares) | 2, 1, 0 |
| Less than 2, middle-center row (2 squares) | 0, 0 |
| Sum 1, middle-center single square | 1 |
| Greater than 2, bottom-center single square | 6 |
Tile placements
- 2-0: (row 6, column 6) and (row 6, column 5)
- 3-3: (row 5, columns 6–7)
- 0-4: (row 4, column 3) and (row 3, column 3)
- 5-6: (row 4, columns 7–8)
- 2-2: (row 5, columns 4–5)
- 4-3: (row 2, column 3) and (row 1, column 3)
- 6-1: (row 4, column 9) and (row 3, column 9)
- 0-0: (row 6, columns 7–8)
- 4-6: (row 4, columns 5–6)
- 3-5: (row 5, columns 8–9)
- 6-6: (row 3, column 4) and (row 4, column 4)
- 2-4: (row 1, column 4) and (row 2, column 4)
- 1-1: (row 7, columns 6–7)
- 0-6: (row 8, column 6) and (row 8, column 5)
- 5-5: (row 2, columns 1–2)
Sources
- EnergyPips, “NYT Pips Answers for March 15, 2026 — Easy, Medium and Hard” (published March 15, 2026; independent and not affiliated with NYT).
- Forbes, “NYT Pips Today: Hints, Answers And Walkthrough For Sunday, March 15” (published March 14, 2026).
Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon at the time of purchase will apply.
