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Need a nudge before seeing the full solutions? These are the Wednesday, January 21, 2026 NYT Pips boards: Easy 526, Medium 550, and Hard 572. Start with the progressive hints below, then open the matching final-board image if you want to check the complete layout. The written walkthroughs explain the logic but do not provide a reliable text transcription of every cell.
How to read the Pips clues
Place the supplied dominoes on the grid so every domino is used and each colored region meets its condition. An = region requires equal pip values; ≠ requires unequal values. A > or < clue compares the region’s pip total with its stated threshold, while a number alone is an exact required total. Unmarked cells have no regional condition. A board may have more than one valid solution, so treat the logic below as a way to reach a valid arrangement rather than proof of uniqueness.
For each board, the linked archive has a final image to verify exact placements and orientation. The steps here describe the written solving logic, not cell coordinates.
Easy 526: hints and solution logic
Hints
- The rare dominoes containing 4 are needed for the Purple 4 and Light Blue 4 regions.
- Red
>7must reach 8 using 5 and 3. - Yellow Equal needs matching 2s; Green
<2needs the 1 end of the 2–1 domino.
Written placement sequence
- Place 4–4 horizontally, with one 4 in Purple 4.
- Place 4–5 horizontally, with a 4 in Light Blue 4.
- Place 3–2 horizontally.
- Place 2–1 vertically, with 1 in Green
<2. - Place 0–0 vertically in Blue 0.
The listed dominoes are 5–4, 4–4, 3–2, 2–1, and 0–0. The archive’s written sequence is compact, so use its final image to verify the full board: Easy 526 final board and walkthrough.
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Medium 550: hints and solution logic
Hints
- Light Blue Equal is forced to 2s because the set contains exactly four domino halves valued 2.
- Yellow 10 needs 4+6, and Green
>3needs 3+5. - The remaining exact regions use Red 4 = 0+4, Blue 4 = 3+1, and Purple 6 = 0+6.
Written placement sequence
- Place 2–2 vertically.
- Place 2–4 and 2–3 horizontally.
- Place 5–6 vertically.
- Place 5–0 vertically, with 5 in a blank cell and 0 in Red 4.
- Place 4–3 horizontally at the Red 4/Blue 4 boundary.
- Place 1–0 vertically, with 0 in Purple 6.
- Place 6–0 horizontally, with 0 in a blank cell.
The set is 6–5, 6–0, 5–0, 4–3, 4–2, 3–2, 2–2, and 1–0. Check the archived final image for the complete orientation and layout: Medium 550 final board and walkthrough.
Hard 572: hints and solution logic
Hints
- Purple Equal must use the only double, 0–0. Light Blue Equal is forced to 2s, and Yellow 5 takes 1+4.
- Blue 3 uses 3–0 once 2–1 is committed elsewhere. Purple 0 takes 0–5, while Purple
>4takes the 6 end of 5–6. - Blue Equal must be 4s. Red
>4takes the 6 from 6–4; Red>0takes the 1 from 4–1. - Light Blue 4 is 3+1. Green
>4takes 5, and Green<2takes 0.
Written placement sequence
- Place 0–0 vertically.
- Place 4–2 horizontally at the Red 4/Light Blue Equal boundary.
- Place 2–1 vertically.
- Place 4–0 horizontally.
- Place 3–0 vertically.
- Place 0–5 vertically.
- Place 5–6 vertically.
- Place 6–4 horizontally.
- Place 4–1 vertically.
- Place 5–3 vertically.
- Place 1–0 vertically.
The listed set is 6–5, 6–4, 5–3, 5–0, 4–2, 4–1, 4–0, 3–0, 2–1, 1–0, and 0–0. Consult the final image for the full layout and to confirm orientation: Hard 572 final board and walkthrough.
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A useful way to approach these boards
- Start with regions constrained by scarce values, doubles, or narrow exact totals.
- Use those forced values to identify which dominoes remain available for other regions.
- Look at edges and corners to reduce legal placements, while tracking each unused domino.
- After each placement, recheck every affected region. Resolving one condition can unlock an overlapping condition.
- Prefer deduction over guessing; if a written step does not make the whole arrangement clear, compare it with the final board image.
The tier descriptions here reflect the constraint patterns in the dated walkthrough, not a measured ranking of difficulty. For additional answer-image coverage, see Daze Puzzle’s January 21 answers and Try Hard Guides’ January 21 answers.
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