Cheers to Friday and here’s your resource for Pips, the latest addition to the New York Times games.

Debuted in August 2025, Pips provides a unique spin on dominoes, offering an enjoyable solo experience that could become your go-to daily gaming activity.

At this moment, if you find yourself at an impasse, the game permits you to unveil the complete puzzle, encouraging you to advance to a higher difficulty level and restart. But fear not, we have your back! Below are some partial solutions that will serve as clues to assist you through each difficulty tier.

How to engage with Pips

<pIf you're familiar with dominoes, you will have a fundamental grasp on how Pips operates. As we have highlighted in our earlier hint articles for Pips, the tiles, similar to dominoes, can be arranged vertically or horizontally and interact with one another. The primary distinction between a standard dominoes game and Pips lies in the color-coded conditions that you need to fulfill. The adjacent tiles don't necessarily need to correspond.

The requirements you need to satisfy pertain specifically to the color-coded areas. For example, if it presents a single digit, each side of a tile within that area must total the indicated number. It’s typical – and quite common – for only part of a tile to lie within a color-coded area.

Here are typical scenarios you will face across the various difficulty levels:

• Number: All pips in this area must total the specified number.

• Equal: Each domino half in this area must possess the same number of pips.

• Not Equal: Every domino half in this area must feature completely different numbers of pips.

• Less than: Each domino half in this area must total less than the specified number.

• Greater than: Each domino half in this area must total more than the specified number.

If an area is devoid of color coding, it indicates there are no restrictions on the sections of dominoes within those areas.

Hints, answers for Easy difficulty on Oct. 26 Pips

Greater Than (7): All elements in this space must exceed 7.