NYT Pips Hints & Answers for April 14, 2026

Ian Livengood's easy grid for April 14th is driven by a single greater-than constraint that anchors the entire right side. The cell at (2,5) must exceed 5 — the only valid pip is 6 — and only one domino in today's set can place a 6 there. That placement forces the equals pair directly above it, which in turn identifies the domino covering the empty cell. On the left, a three-cell equals region running down column 0 is seeded by the [2|2] double, and the only orientation of the final domino that satisfies the less-than-2 ceiling above closes the puzzle.

Rodolfo Kurchan's medium puzzle for April 14th is anchored by three doubles — [3|3], [1|1], and [0|0] — but the critical entry point is neither a double nor an equals region: it is the single greater-than-2 cell at (0,4). Only one tile in today's set can satisfy that constraint, and it deposits a 2 into the three-cell equals region below, pulling a chain of 2s through the center of the board. That cascade resolves the adjacent equals pair and the less-than-2 cell in one motion. Two remaining equals regions close from the bottom: the [3|3] double fills one outright, and the [4|1] domino closes the other.

Rodolfo Kurchan's hard puzzle for April 14th is dominated by four multi-cell equals regions, two sum=4 constraints, two sum=3 constraints, and a single less-than-4 cell. The board's most powerful entry point is the four-cell equals region at the center-left — four cells that must all carry the same pip. Only the [6|6] double can seed it, and from that single placement, six more dominoes cascade into position: two extend the 6 through the equals region, one deposits a 2 that forces a second four-cell equals of 2s, and two more complete a third four-cell equals of 0s, closing both sum=3 constraints on the bottom row. The remaining dominoes resolve from the sum=4 constraints and the lone less-than-4 cell in the upper left.

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