Welcome to your resource for Pips, the latest inclusion in the New York Times games lineup. Launched in August 2025, Pips presents a novel approach to dominoes, delivering an enjoyable single-player experience that may turn into your upcoming daily gaming routine. Currently, if you find yourself at a standstill, the game reveals the complete puzzle, prompting you to move on to a higher difficulty level and restart. But fear not, we’ve got you sorted! Below are tips to assist you in navigating through each difficulty tier.

How to play Pips

If you’ve experienced playing dominoes, you’ll grasp the fundamentals of how Pips operates. As highlighted in our earlier tips for Pips, the tiles, akin to dominoes, are arranged either vertically or horizontally and connect with one another. The primary distinction between a conventional domino match and Pips lies in the color-coded conditions you will need to fulfill. The adjacent tiles do not necessarily need to correspond.

The conditions you must satisfy are particular to the color-coded areas. For instance, if a single number is specified, every side of a tile in that zone must total the indicated number. It is plausible — and typical — for just half of a tile to be situated within a color-coded area.

Here are common instances you will encounter throughout the difficulty levels:

– Number: All the pips in this area must add up to the specified number.
– Equal: Every domino half in this region must possess the identical number of pips.
– Not Equal: Every domino half in this area must feature entirely different numbers of pips.
– Less than: Every domino half in this area must sum up to less than the indicated number.
– Greater than: Every domino half in this area must total more than the specified number.

If a region lacks any color coding, it signifies that there are no conditions for the pieces of dominoes within those regions.

Easy difficulty hints, solutions for April 11 Pips

– Equal (5): The domino half in this purple zone must have five pips. The solution is 5-2, arranged vertically.
– Number (9): Everything in this red zone must total 9. The solution is 1-0, arranged horizontally; 4-4, arranged vertically.
– Number (7): Everything in this light blue zone must total 7. The solution is 3-5, arranged horizontally; 0-4, arranged vertically.
– Equal (5): The domino half in this yellow zone must have five pips. The solution is 3-5, arranged horizontally.

Medium difficulty hints, solutions for April 11 Pips

– Number (6): Everything in this purple zone must total 6. The solution is 1-3, arranged horizontally; 3-6, arranged vertically.
– Number (10): Everything in this red zone must total 10. The solution is 5-5, arranged horizontally.
– Equal (6): Every domino half in this light blue zone must contain 6 pips. The solution is 6-6, arranged horizontally; 3-6, arranged vertically.
– Less Than (4): The domino half in this yellow area must contain less than 4 pips. The solution is 2-6, arranged vertically.
– Number (10): Everything in this dark blue zone must total 10. The solution is 4-4, arranged horizontally; 2-6, arranged vertically.

Hard difficulty hints, solutions for April 11 Pips

– Number (5): Everything in this purple zone must total 5. The solution is 2-1, arranged horizontally; 3-6, arranged horizontally.
– Number (1): Everything in this red zone must total 1. The solution is 2-1, arranged horizontally; 0-5, arranged horizontally.
– Number (10): Everything in this light blue zone must total 10. The solution is 0-5, arranged horizontally; 5-4, arranged vertically.
– Greater Than (5): The domino half in this yellow zone must have more than 5 pips. The solution is 3-6, arranged vertically.
– Less Than (5): Everything in this dark blue zone must sum up to less than 5. The solution is 0-4, arranged horizontally.
– Equal (2): Every domino half in this green zone must contain 2 pips. The solution is 2-2, arranged vertically; 2-3, arranged horizontally.
– Less Than (5): The domino half in this purple zone must consist of less than 5 pips. The solution is 2-3, arranged horizontally.
– Greater Than (5): The domino half in this red zone must have more than 5 pips. The solution is 6-1, arranged vertically.
– Number (5): The domino half in this light blue.