Welcome to your resource for Pips, the newest addition to the New York Times game roster. Launched in August 2025, Pips offers a fresh twist on dominoes, delivering an enjoyable single-player experience that might just become your new daily gaming routine. As it stands, if you find yourself at a standstill, the game only allows you to see the complete puzzle, compelling you to advance to the subsequent difficulty level and start anew. But don’t worry, we’ve got your back! Below are step-by-step clues that will guide you through each difficulty tier.

How to play Pips

If you’ve tried your hand at dominoes, you’ll be somewhat acquainted with the gameplay of Pips. As detailed in our earlier hint articles for Pips, the tiles, similar to dominoes, can be arranged vertically or horizontally and connect to one another. The primary distinction between a standard domino game and Pips is the color-coded requirements you must fulfill. Adjacent tiles do not necessarily need to correspond.

The conditions you must satisfy are tied to the color-coded areas. For instance, if a space shows a solitary number, the sides of a tile in that area must total the number indicated. It’s quite common — and indeed possible — for just half of a tile to occupy a color-coded area.

Here are typical scenarios you may encounter across the various difficulty levels:

– Number: The total of all the pips in this area must equal the number.
– Equal: Each domino half in this space must display the same number of pips.
– Not Equal: Each domino half in this area must showcase entirely different numbers of pips.
– Less than: Each domino half in this area must total fewer than the specified number.
– Greater than: Each domino half in this space must total more than the specified number.

If an area lacks any color coding, it indicates that there are no restrictions on the parts of the dominoes in those zones.

Easy difficulty hints, answers for April 20 Pips

– Number (24): The total in this purple space must equal 24. The solution is 0-6, arranged horizontally; 3-6, arranged horizontally; and 6-6, arranged horizontally.
– Number (0): Each domino half in this red area must show 0 pips. The solution is 0-3, arranged horizontally; 0-0, arranged horizontally.
– Number (12): The total in this light blue area must be 12. The solution is 0-3, arranged horizontally; 3-6, arranged horizontally; and 3-3, arranged horizontally.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for April 20 Pips

– Less Than (2): The domino half in this purple area must have fewer than 2 pips. The solution is 0-2, placed vertically.
– Greater Than (5): The domino half in this red area must exceed 5 pips. The solution is 6-1, positioned vertically.
– Equal (5): Each domino half in this light blue area must be 5 pips. The solution is 5-5, arranged horizontally; 5-2, arranged horizontally.
– Equal (2): Each domino half in this yellow area must show 2 pips. The solution is 0-2, placed vertically; 5-2, arranged horizontally.
– Number (5): The total in this dark blue area must be 5. The solution is 6-1, placed vertically; 4-5, arranged horizontally.
– Equal (5): Each domino half in this green area must contain 5 pips. The solution is 5-0, arranged horizontally; 4-5, arranged horizontally.
– Number (12): The total in this purple area must equal 12. The solution is 5-0, arranged horizontally; 6-6, arranged horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for April 20 Pips

– Number (1): The total in this purple area must equal 1. The solution is 1-2, placed vertically; 0-3, arranged horizontally.
– Greater Than (1): The domino half in this red area must show more than 1 pip. The solution is 0-3, arranged horizontally.
– Number (0): The domino half in this light blue area must display 0 pips. The solution is 0-1, arranged horizontally.
– Number (2): The total in this yellow area must equal 2. The solution is 0-1, arranged horizontally; 1-4, placed vertically.
– Equal (2): Each domino half in this dark blue area must be 2 pips. The solution is 1-2, placed vertically; 2-2, arranged horizontally.
– Greater Than (1): The domino half in this green area must exceed