Welcome to your resource for Pips, the latest entry in the New York Times gaming lineup. Launched in August 2025, Pips brings a novel twist to dominoes, offering an enjoyable single-player experience that may just become your go-to gaming pastime. At present, if you find yourself at a standstill, the game displays the whole puzzle, pushing you to advance to a higher difficulty level and restart. However, there’s no need to fret, as we’re here to assist! Below you will find incremental solutions that will act as clues to help you master each difficulty tier.

How to play Pips

If you’re familiar with dominoes, you will have a fundamental grasp of how Pips operates. As previously noted in our hint articles for Pips, the tiles, similar to dominoes, can be positioned either vertically or horizontally and link with one another. The primary divergence between classic dominoes and Pips lies in the color-coded requirements you need to fulfill. The adjacent tiles don’t necessarily need to correspond.

The requirements you need to satisfy are unique to the color-coded sections. For instance, if a single digit is stated, every side of a tile in that section must sum to the indicated number. It’s common – and indeed, likely – for just a part of a tile to occupy a color-coded section.

Here are typical situations you will face throughout the difficulty tiers:

– Number: All the pips in this section must total the specified number.
– Equal: Each domino half in this section must contain the identical number of pips.
– Not Equal: Each domino half in this section must feature entirely different numbers of pips.
– Less than: Each domino half in this section must sum to less than the stated number.
– Greater than: Each domino half in this section must sum to more than the specified number.

If a section is devoid of any color coding, it signifies that there are no stipulations regarding the portions of dominoes in those areas.

Easy difficulty hints, answers for April 7 Pips

– Number (4): Everything in this area must total 4. The solution is 4-6, positioned horizontally.
– Equal (6): Everything in this area must equal 6. The solution is 4-6, positioned horizontally; 6-0, placed horizontally.

– Equal (4): Everything in this area must equal 4. The solution is 4-4, positioned horizontally.

– Number (3): Everything in this purple area must total 3. The solution is 1-1, positioned horizontally; 1-6, positioned horizontally.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for April 7 Pips

– Number (4): Everything in this red area must total 4. The solution is 1-1, positioned horizontally; 2-2, placed horizontally.
– Less Than (3): Everything in this area must be less than 3. The solution is 2-2, placed horizontally; 0-4, positioned vertically.
– Number (7): Everything in this orange area must total 7. The solution is 6-3, positioned horizontally; 1-2, positioned vertically.
– Equal (3): Everything in this area must equal 3. The solution is 6-3, positioned horizontally; 3-5, positioned vertically.
– Less Than (7): Everything in this area must be less than 7. The solution is 2-5, placed vertically; 0-4, placed vertically.
– Number (2): Everything in this area must total 2. The solution is 1-2, positioned vertically.
– Equal (5): Everything in this area must equal 5. The solution is 3-5, placed vertically; 2-5, placed vertically; 5-4, positioned horizontally.
– Number (4): Everything in this red area must total 4. The solution is 5-4, positioned horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for April 7 Pips

– Number (4): Everything in this area must total 4. The solution is 2-0, placed vertically; 2-1, placed vertically.
– Number (2): Everything in this area must total 2. The solution is 3-1, positioned horizontally; 1-4, placed horizontally.
– Number (1): Everything in this area must total 1. The solution is 2-1, placed vertically.
– Number (6): Everything in this area must total 6. The solution is 3-1, positioned horizontally; 3-0, placed vertically.
– Number (0): Everything in this area must total 0. The solution is 5-0, positioned horizontally.
– Number (8): Everything in this area must total 8. The solution is 1-4, positioned horizontally.