Your comprehensive resource for Pips, the newest entry in the New York Times gaming collection.

Introduced in August 2025, Pips presents a novel approach to dominoes, delivering an enjoyable single-player experience that may become part of your daily gaming habits.

At present, if you find yourself at an impasse, the game only permits you to uncover the entire puzzle, necessitating a shift to the next difficulty level and a fresh start. However, there’s no need to fret, as we have the solutions for you! Below are fragmented answers that will serve as clues to assist you through every difficulty level.

How to engage with Pips

If you’re familiar with dominoes, you’ll grasp the fundamental mechanics of Pips. As indicated in our prior hint articles for Pips, the tiles, similar to dominoes, can be arranged either vertically or horizontally and interconnect. The primary difference between standard dominoes and Pips lies in the color-coded requirements you need to fulfill. The adjoining tiles do not necessarily need to correspond.

The requirements you need to satisfy pertain to the color-coded areas. For example, if a single number is indicated, all sides of a tile in that area must sum to the specified number. It is both possible and frequent for merely half a tile to reside within a color-coded section.

Here are typical scenarios you will face across various difficulty levels:

• Number: All pips in this area must total the given number.

• Equal: Each domino half in this area must contain the same number of pips.

• Not Equal: Each domino half in this area must contain completely different numbers of pips.

• Less than: Each domino half in this area must total less than the specified number.

• Greater than: Each domino half in this area must total more than the specified number.

If a section lacks color coding, it signifies that there are no requirements for the segments of dominoes located within those areas.

Hints and solutions for Easy difficulty on Jan. 4 Pips

Less Than (1): All elements in this area must be below 1. The