Welcome to your comprehensive resource for Pips, the latest addition to the New York Times collection of games.

Launched in August 2025, Pips presents a novel approach to dominoes, offering an enjoyable single-player experience that could potentially turn into your daily gaming habit.

At present, if you find yourself at an impasse, the game only permits you to disclose the entire puzzle, necessitating a move to the next difficulty tier and starting over. However, there’s no need to fret! Below are segmented answers that will act as clues to aid you in navigating through each difficulty level.

How to engage with Pips

If you’re familiar with dominoes, you’ll grasp the fundamentals of how Pips operates. As highlighted in our earlier hint articles for Pips, the tiles, akin to dominoes, are arranged either vertically or horizontally and interconnect with each other. The primary distinction between a conventional domino game and Pips lies in the color-coded conditions you must address. The adjacent tiles do not have to align perfectly.

The conditions you need to fulfill are unique to the color-coded areas. For example, if it indicates a single number, all sides of a tile within that area must total the stated number. It is possible – and frequent – for only part of a tile to reside within a color-coded area.

Here are typical illustrations you’ll face across the difficulty levels:

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

• Equal: Every domino half in this area must display the same number of pips.

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

• Less than: All domino halves in this area must total less than the indicated number.

• Greater than: Every domino half in this area must total more than the indicated number.

If a section lacks any color coding, it signifies that there are no specific conditions regarding the portions of dominoes within those areas.

Hints and solutions for Easy difficulty on Jan. 14 Pips

Number (10): Everything in this area must