Welcome to your resource for Pips, the newest addition to the New York Times game collection. Launched in August 2025, Pips offers a fresh take on dominoes, providing an enjoyable single-player adventure that might just become your daily gaming routine.
At present, if you find yourself at an impasse, the game allows you to reveal the entire puzzle, compelling you to progress to the next difficulty tier and restart. Fear not, we have your back! Below are incremental solutions that will act as clues, guiding you through each level of difficulty.
How to engage with Pips
If you have experience with dominoes, you may already know how Pips operates. As noted in our earlier hints regarding Pips, the tiles, like in traditional dominoes, are positioned either vertically or horizontally and interlink with one another. The primary distinction between a classic game of dominoes and Pips is the colored conditions that you need to satisfy. The adjacent tiles do not necessarily need to correspond.
The criteria you need to fulfill are particular to the color-coded sections. For instance, if a section features a single digit, the total of each side of a tile occupying that space must equal the specified number. It’s quite feasible – and often the case – that merely half a tile will fall within a color-coded section.
Here are typical scenarios you may encounter through the various difficulty levels:
– Number: All the pips in this area must total the specified number.
– Equal: Each domino half in this region must show the identical number of pips.
– Not Equal: Every domino half in this section must display entirely distinct numbers of pips.
– Less than: Each domino half in this space must total less than the assigned number.
– Greater than: Each domino half in this region must exceed the listed number.
If a space lacks color coding, it indicates no conditions apply to the pieces of dominoes within those areas.
Easy hints and solutions for Dec. 19 Pips
– Number (5): All items in this area must total 5. The answer is 5-3, aligned vertically.
– Number (0): All items in this area must total 0. The answer is 0-6, positioned vertically.
– Equal (3): All items in this area must be equal to 3. The answer is 5-3, arranged vertically; 3-0, arranged horizontally.
– Less Than (5): All items in this light blue area must be less than 5. The answer is 6-4, positioned horizontally.
– Number (12): Everything in this area must total 12. The answer is 6-6, oriented vertically.
Medium hints and solutions for Dec. 19 Pips
– Equal (1): All items in this area must be equal to 1. The answer is 1-1, arranged horizontally.
– Number (5): All items in this area must total 5. The answer is 5-0, oriented vertically.
– Equal (0): All items in this area must be equal to 0. The answer is 1-0, arranged horizontally; 5-0, oriented vertically; 0-0, arranged horizontally.
– Number (3): All items in this area must total 3. The answer is 3-4, positioned vertically.
– Equal (4): All items in this area must be equal to 4. The answer is 4-4, aligned vertically.
– Number (9): All items in this area must total 9. The answer is 6-5, arranged horizontally; 3-4, positioned vertically.
Hard hints and solutions for Dec. 19 Pips
– Number (3): All items in this area must total 3. The answer is 6-2, arranged vertically; 1-4, positioned horizontally.
– Number (4): All items in this area must total 4. The answer is 1-4, placed horizontally.
– Number (6): All items in this area must total 6. The answer is 5-6, positioned horizontally.
– Number (9): All items in this area must total 9. The answer is 3-3, arranged vertically; 3-2, oriented horizontally.
– Number (6): All items in this dark blue area must total 6. The answer is 3-2, positioned horizontally; 2-2, arranged vertically.
– Number (7): All items in this area must total 7. The answer is 3-6, arranged horizontally; 4-5, positioned vertically.
– Number (10): All items in this area must total 10. The answer is 5-5, arranged vertically.
– Number (9): All items in this area must total 9. The answer