Welcome to your resource for Pips, the latest entry in the New York Times game lineup. Released in August 2025, Pips delivers a novel twist on dominoes, offering an enjoyable single-player experience that may become a part of your daily gaming habit. At present, if you find yourself unable to proceed, the game permits you to uncover the entire puzzle, compelling you to advance to the next difficulty level and start anew. However, there’s no need for concern, as we have assistance for you! Below are tips that will guide you through each level of difficulty.

How to play Pips

If you have prior experience with dominoes, you will grasp the fundamental mechanics of Pips. As stated in our earlier hints articles for Pips, the tiles, akin to dominoes, are positioned either vertically or horizontally and connect with one another. The primary distinction between a conventional domino game and Pips lies in the color-coded conditions you need to fulfill. The adjacent tiles do not necessarily need to correlate.

The requirements you must satisfy pertain to the color-coded areas. For instance, if it specifies a single number, each side of a tile in that area must total up to the indicated number. It is typical – and possible – for merely half of a tile to lie within a color-coded area.

Here are common instances you will face across the various difficulty levels:

– Number: All pips in this area must sum up to the designated number.
– Equal: Every domino half in this area must have the same number of pips.
– Not Equal: Each domino half in this area must feature completely distinct 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 any color coding, it indicates that no conditions apply to the portions of dominoes situated in those areas.

Easy difficulty hints, answers for Jan. 15 Pips

– Number (4): Everything in this area must total 4. The solution is 4-1, arranged horizontally.
– Number (7): Everything in this area must total 7. The solution is 3-6, arranged horizontally; 1-0, arranged horizontally.
– Number (0): Everything in this area must total 0. The solution is 1-0, arranged horizontally.
– Equal (3): Everything in this red area must equal 3. The solution is 3-6, arranged horizontally; 3-1, arranged vertically.
– Equal (0): Everything in this dark blue area must equal 0. The solution is 0-0, arranged vertically.
– Equal (1): Everything in this green area must equal 1. The solution is 3-1, arranged vertically; 1-1, arranged horizontally.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for Jan. 15 Pips

– Equal (5): Everything in this area must be equal to 5. The solution is 5-5, arranged vertically.
– Greater Than (4): Everything in this area must be greater than 4. The solution is 0-6, arranged vertically.
– Equal (2): Everything in this area must be equal to 2. The solution is 2-2, arranged horizontally; 0-2, arranged horizontally.
– Number (4): Everything in this area must total 4. The solution is 4-3, arranged vertically.
– Number (12): Everything in this area must total 12. The solution is 0-2, arranged horizontally; 6-6, arranged vertically.
– Number (5): Everything in this green area must total 5. The solution is 4-3, arranged vertically; 2-5, arranged horizontally.
– Number (5): Everything in this purple area must total 5. The solution is 2-5, arranged horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for Jan. 15 Pips

– Greater Than (3): Everything in this area must be greater than 3. The solution is 4-1, arranged vertically.
– Greater Than (1): Everything in this area must be greater than 1. The solution is 2-1, arranged vertically.
– Equal (0): Everything in this orange area must equal 0. The solution is 2-0, arranged vertically; 0-3, arranged vertically.
– Equal (1): Everything in this light blue area must equal 1. The solution is 4-1, arranged vertically; 1-1, arranged vertically.
– Not Equal: Everything in this dark blue area must differ. The solution is 0-3, arranged vertically; 2-1, arranged vertically.
– Not Equal: Everything in this green area must differ. The