Welcome to your comprehensive overview of Pips, the latest entry in the New York Times gaming lineup.

Debuting in August 2025, Pips presents a novel approach to dominoes, offering a distinctive single-player adventure that could evolve into your new favorite daily gaming habit.

At present, if you find yourself at an impasse, the game permits you to expose the complete puzzle; you’ll have to move on to a higher difficulty and restart. However, there’s no need for concern, as we have you covered! Below are detailed answers that will give you hints to assist you in overcoming each difficulty tier.

Playing Pips

If you’re familiar with dominoes, you’ll grasp the basic mechanics of Pips. As we’ve noted in earlier tips for Pips, the tiles, akin to dominoes, are oriented either vertically or horizontally and interconnect. The primary difference between a standard domino game and Pips lies in the color-coded criteria you must fulfill. The adjoining tiles don’t necessarily need to correspond.

The conditions you must satisfy pertain to the color-coded areas. For example, if a single figure is indicated, every side of a tile in that area must total the specified number. It’s typical – and possible – for only a portion of a tile to fall within a color-coded zone.

Here are standard scenarios you’ll face across the various difficulty levels:

• Number: All the pips within this area must total the indicated number.

• Equal: Each domino section in this area must display an identical number of pips.

• Not Equal: Each domino section in this area must showcase entirely different numbers of pips.

• Less than: Each domino section in this area must sum to less than the stated number.

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

If a section is devoid of color coding, it indicates that there are no conditions governing the parts of the dominoes within those areas.

Hints and solutions for Easy difficulty on Nov. 7 Pips

Less Than (3): Everything in this area must be less than