Welcome to your resource on Pips, the newest member of the New York Times game lineup.

Introduced in August 2025, Pips presents a novel approach to dominoes, offering a charming single-player adventure that may just become your go-to daily gaming activity.

At present, if you find yourself at an impasse, the game permits you to uncover the entire puzzle, which necessitates moving on to the subsequent difficulty level and restarting. But fear not, we have your back! Below are step-by-step solutions that will act as clues to assist you with each level of difficulty.

How to engage with Pips

If you’ve previously played dominoes, you’ll grasp the fundamental mechanics of Pips. As indicated in our earlier hints for Pips, the tiles, akin to dominoes, can be arranged either vertically or horizontally and link together. The key distinction between classic dominoes and Pips lies in the color-coded criteria you must fulfill. The tiles that connect do not necessarily need to correspond.

The criteria you are required to satisfy are particular to the color-coded areas. For example, if it indicates a single number, every side of a tile in that zone must total the specified number. It is feasible – and quite frequent – for only a portion of a tile to lie within a color-coded area.

Here are typical instances you will encounter throughout the various difficulty levels:

• Number: All the pips in this area must sum up to the given number.

• Equal: Each domino half in this area needs to display the same quantity of pips.

• Not Equal: Every domino half in this area should show a completely different number of pips.

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

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

If a region lacks any color coding, that indicates there are no stipulations concerning the sections of dominoes within those areas.

Easy difficulty clues, solutions for Dec. 7 Pips

Equal (4): Everything in this area must equal 4