NYT Pips Hint, Answer & Solution for October 25, 2025

Oct 25, 2025

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🎲 Today's Puzzle Overview

The October 25, 2025 puzzles are here — three meticulously structured challenges ready to test your skills and logical precision.

Under Ian Livengood’s editorial guidance, each grid scales in complexity, offering a rewarding journey for analytical minds.

Easy Puzzle #18 by Heidi Erwin — 6 dominoes, balanced regions, light logic flow.

Medium Puzzle #76 by Rodolfo Kurchan — 10 dominoes, multi-type constraints with sums and equals.

Hard Puzzle #144 by Rodolfo Kurchan — 15 dominoes, deep-layer grid design with greater and sum conditions.

Track your solve times, analyze patterns, and refine your deduction strategy.

Each solution represents precision, patience, and progress across every ID in today’s lineup.

💡 Progressive Hints

Try these hints one at a time. Each hint becomes more specific to help you solve it yourself!

💡 Hint #1 - Equal
The domino halves in this space must be 5.
💡 Hint #1 - Observe
Only 4 domino halves that contain 6 pips for Number (24). The domino halves in the Not Equal must be 1+2+3+4+5. Only 3 domino halves that contain 1 pips.
💡 Hint #2 - Yellow Equal
The domino halves in this space must be 5. Confirmed by neighboring area. The answer is 1-5, placed vertically.
💡 Hint #3 - Number (3)
The domino halves in this space must be 1+2. Confirmed by step 1 and only 2 domino halves left that contain 1 pips. The answer is 1-1, placed horizontally.
💡 Hint #4 - Not Equal
The domino halves in the this place must be 1+2+3+4+5.
💡 Hint #1 - Observe
Need 2 domino halves that contain 6 pips for Number (12). The domino halves in the Number (26) area must be 5+5+5+5+6. Need more than 2 domino halves that contain 1 pips for Number (4).
💡 Hint #2 - Equal
The domino halves in this space must be 2. Confirmed by neighboring area. The answer is 5-2, placed horizontally.
💡 Hint #3 - Light Blue Number (0)
The answer is 6-0, placed vertically.
💡 Hint #4 - Blue Number (0)
The answer is 5-0, placed vertically.

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Oct 25, 2025

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✅ Final Answer & Complete Solution For Hard Level

The key to solving today's hard puzzle was identifying the placement for the critical dominoes highlighted in the starting grid. Once those were in place, the rest of the puzzle could be solved logically. See the final grid below to compare your solution.

Starting Position & Key First Steps

Pips hint for October 25, 2025 – hard level puzzle grid with critical first placements and strategy

This image shows the initial puzzle grid for the hard level, with a few critical first placements highlighted.

Final Answer: The Solved Grid for Hard Mode

NYT Pips October 25, 2025 hard puzzle full solution grid showing final answer with hints

Compare this final grid with your own solution to see the correct placement of all dominoes.

🔧 Step-by-Step Answer Walkthrough For Easy Level

1
Step 1
Based on the image, observe the shapes and domino pip counts.
2
Step 2: Equal
The domino halves in this space must be 5. Confirmed by neighboring area and dominoes. The answer is 5-5, placed vertically; 5-6, placed vertically.
3
Step 3: Number (11)
Everything in this space must add up to 11. Confirmed by remaining dominoes. The answer is 5-0, placed horizontally.
4
Step 4: Number (10)
Everything in this space must add up to 10. The answer is 1-4, placed vertically; 2-6, placed vertically.
5
Step 5
Based on the last image, finished.

🔧 Step-by-Step Answer Walkthrough For Medium Level

1
Step 1
Based on the image, observe the shapes and domino pip counts. Only 4 domino halves that contain 6 pips for Number (24). The domino halves in the Not Equal must be 1+2+3+4+5. Only 3 domino halves that contain 1 pips.
2
Step 2: Yellow Equal
The domino halves in this space must be 5. Confirmed by neighboring area. The answer is 1-5, placed vertically.
3
Step 3: Number (3)
Everything in this space must add up to 3. The domino halves in this space must be 1+2. Confirmed by step 1 and only 2 domino halves left that contain 1 pips. The answer is 1-1, placed horizontally.
4
Step 4: Not Equal
The domino halves in the this place must be 1+2+3+4+5. Confirmed by neighboring area. The answer is 4-4, placed vertically.
5
Step 5: Yellow Equal
Confirmed by step 4 and neighboring area. Only 4 domino halves left that contain 5 pips, one domino with the same number 5-5. The answer is 5-5, placed horizontally; 5-2, placed vertically; 5-3, placed vertically.
6
Step 6: Number (24)
The domino halves in this space must be 6. Confirmed by neighboring area. The answer is 6-6, placed vertically; 6-2, placed vertically; 6-3, placed horizontally.
7
Step 7
Based on the last image, finished.

🔧 Step-by-Step Answer Walkthrough For Hard Level

1
Step 1
Based on the image, observe the shapes and domino pip counts. Need 2 domino halves that contain 6 pips for Number (12). The domino halves in the Number (26) area must be 5+5+5+5+6. Need more than 2 domino halves that contain 1 pips for Number (4).
2
Step 2: Equal
Confirmed by step 1 and one domino with the same number 2-2. The domino halves in this space must be 2 (not more enough 1 pips for this place). Confirmed by neighboring area. The answer is 5-2, placed horizontally.
3
Step 3: Light Blue Number (0)
No domino with the same number 0-0. Confirmed by step 1 and neighboring area. The answer is 6-0, placed vertically.
4
Step 4: Blue Number (0)
Confirmed by neighboring area and remaining dominoes with 0 pips. The answer is 5-0, placed vertically.
5
Step 5: Number (26)
The domino halves in this place must be 5+5+5+5+6. Confirmed by neighboring area and remaining dominoes that contain 5 pips. The answer is 5-5, placed vertically; 5-1, placed horizontally.
6
Step 6: Number (12)
The domino halves in this place must be 6. The answer is 6-1, placed vertically; 6-4, placed horizontally.
7
Step 7: Equal
The domino halves in this space must be 2. The answer is 2-2, placed horizontally; 2-1, placed vertically.
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Step 8: Number (4)
The domino halves in this place must be 1. The answer is 1-1, placed horizontally; 4-1, placed horizontally.
9
Step 9: Number (6)
Everything in this space must add up to 6. Confirmed by neighboring area, the answer is 0-2, placed horizontally.
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Step 10:Not Equal
The domino halves in this space must be different. Confirmed by neighboring area and remaining dominoes. The answer is 2-4, placed vertically; 0-4, placed vertically; 0-3, placed vertically.

💡 Pro Tips for Similar Puzzles

Start with Constraints
Always begin with the most constrained regions - sum regions with small numbers or tight spaces.
Use Equal Regions
Use "equal" regions as anchors - they eliminate many possibilities quickly.
Work Systematically
Let the rules guide your placement rather than guessing randomly.
Double-Check
Verify each region's rules are satisfied before moving to the next.

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