Welcome to your resource for Pips, the latest entry in the New York Times games lineup. Launched in August 2025, Pips provides an innovative twist on traditional dominoes, offering an immersive single-player experience that could become a part of your daily gaming schedule. At present, if you find yourself at an impasse, the game displays the complete puzzle, encouraging you to move on to a higher difficulty level and begin afresh. But fret not, we’re here to assist! Below, you’ll find clues to help you through each level of difficulty.

How to play Pips

If you’ve previously played dominoes, you’ll grasp the fundamentals of Pips. As discussed in our earlier hints for Pips, the tiles, similar to dominoes, are organized either vertically or horizontally and interconnect with one another. The primary distinction between a conventional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded criteria you must fulfill. The adjacent tiles don’t necessarily need to correspond.

The requirements you face are tied to the color-coded areas. For example, if a condition shows a single number, all sides of a tile in that area must total the specified number. It is common — and acceptable — for only part of a tile to be included in a color-coded area.

Here are typical scenarios you’ll face in the various difficulty levels:

– Number: All the pips in this area must equal the number.
– Equal: Each domino half in this area must display the same number of pips.
– Not Equal: Each domino half in this area must exhibit completely different numbers of pips.
– Less than: Each domino half in this area must sum to less than the number.
– Greater than: Each domino half in this area must total more than the number.

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

Easy difficulty hints, answers for April 16 Pips

– Number (6): Everything in this purple area must sum to 6. The solution is 1-0, placed horizontally; 5-3, placed vertically.
– Number (4): The domino half in this red area must show 4 pips. The solution is 4-3, placed horizontally.
– Equal (3): Each domino half in this light blue area must show 3 pips. The solution is 4-3, placed horizontally; 5-3, placed vertically.
– Number (1): The domino half in this yellow area must display 1 pip. The solution is 1-4, placed horizontally.
– Equal (4): Each domino half in this dark blue area must show 4 pips. The solution is 1-4, placed horizontally; 2-4, placed vertically.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for April 16 Pips

– Number (6): Everything in this purple area must total 6. The solution is 0-4, placed horizontally; 5-6, placed horizontally.
– Number (6): Everything in this red area must also sum to 6. The solution is 0-4, placed horizontally; 2-3, placed horizontally.
– Greater Than (0): The domino half in this light blue area must have more than 0 pips. The solution is 5-6, placed horizontally.
– Equal (3): Each domino half in this yellow area must show 3 pips. The solution is 2-3, placed horizontally; 3-5, placed vertically.
– Number (6): The domino half in this dark blue area must show 6 pips. The solution is 6-4, placed vertically.
– Equal (4): Each domino half in this green area must show 4 pips. The solution is 6-4, placed vertically; 4-5, placed horizontally; and 4-3, placed horizontally.
– Number (10): Everything in this purple area must total 10. The solution is 4-5, placed horizontally; 3-5, placed vertically.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for April 16 Pips

– Equal (5): Each domino half in this purple area must show 5 pips. The solution is 5-4, placed vertically; 5-5, placed horizontally; and 5-6, placed horizontally.
– Equal (6): Each domino half in this red area must show 6 pips. The solution is 5-6, placed horizontally; 6-4, placed vertically.
– Number (4): The domino half in this light blue area must display 4 pips. The solution is 5-4, placed vertically.
– Equal (1): Each domino half in this yellow area must show 1 pip. The solution is 1-1, placed vertically; 1-3, placed vertically.
– Number (8): Everything in this dark blue area…