Welcome to your resource on Pips, the latest entry in the New York Times game series. Launched in August 2025, Pips brings an innovative take on dominoes, presenting an enjoyable single-player adventure that could turn into your upcoming daily gaming ritual. At present, if you find yourself at a standstill, the game permits you to uncover the full puzzle, compelling you to advance to a higher difficulty level and begin anew. However, there’s no need for concern; we’ve got you sorted! Below are incremental clues that will assist you in traversing each difficulty tier.

How to engage with Pips

If you’ve ever played dominoes, you’ll grasp the fundamental mechanics of Pips. As outlined in our earlier hint articles for Pips, the tiles, akin to dominoes, can be arranged either vertically or horizontally and interconnect with one another. The primary distinction between a standard domino game and Pips lies in the color-coded requirements you need to satisfy. The adjoining tiles do not necessarily have to correspond.

The requirements you need to fulfill are particular to the color-coded areas. For instance, if a solitary number is given, every side of a tile within that area must total the specified number. It’s feasible – and frequent – for only a portion of a tile to reside within a color-coded area.

Here are typical instances you will encounter throughout the difficulty levels:
– Number: The total of all pips in this area must equal the specified number.
– Equal: Each domino half in this area must contain the same pip count.
– Not Equal: Each domino half in this area must feature entirely different pip counts.
– Less than: Each domino half in this region must sum to less than the given number.
– Greater than: Each domino half in this region must total more than the specified number.

If a section lacks any color coding, it indicates that there are no stipulations on the segments of dominoes within those areas.

Easy difficulty hints, solutions for March 23 Pips
– Number (1): All elements in this area must total 1. The solution is 1-3, arranged vertically.
– Equal (0): Everything in this section must equal 0. The solution is 0-4, positioned vertically; 0-0, arranged horizontally.
– Equal (4): All elements in this area must be equal to 4. The solution is 0-4, arranged vertically; 4-5, placed horizontally.
– Equal (5): Everything in this area must be equal to 5. The solution is 4-5, positioned horizontally; 5-1, arranged vertically.
– Number (1): All elements in this area must total 1. The solution is 5-1, arranged vertically.

Medium difficulty hints, solutions for March 23 Pips
– Number (6): Everything in this area must total 6. The solution is 2-4, arranged horizontally; 4-1, positioned vertically.
– Number (10): Everything in this area must total 10. The solution is 2-4, arranged horizontally; 3-3, placed horizontally.
– Number (2): Everything in this area must total 2. The solution is 4-1, positioned vertically; 1-5, placed horizontally.
– Number (5): Everything in this area must total 5. The solution is 2-3, arranged horizontally.
– Number (10): Everything in this area must total 10. The solution is 1-5, arranged horizontally; 5-3, placed horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, solutions for March 23 Pips
– Number (6): Everything in this area must total 6. The solution is 6-0, positioned vertically.
– Number (3): Everything in this area must total 2. The solution is 2-1, arranged horizontally; 6-0, positioned vertically.
– Number (4): Everything in this area must total 4. The solution is 0-2, placed horizontally; 2-6, positioned vertically.
– Number (6): Everything in this area must total 6. The solution is 2-6, positioned vertically.
– Number (2): Everything in this area must total 2. The solution is 1-0, arranged horizontally; 1-6, positioned vertically.
– Number (12): Everything in this area must total 12. The solution is 4-1, arranged horizontally; 4-4, arranged horizontally.
– Number (1): Everything in this area must total 1. The solution is 4-1, arranged horizontally; 0-3, positioned vertically.
– Number (10): Everything in this area must total 10. The solution is 3-4,