Introducing your resource for Pips, the latest entry in the New York Times games lineup.

Released in August 2025, Pips provides an innovative take on dominoes, offering an engaging single-player adventure that may just become part of your everyday gaming habits.

As it stands, if you find yourself unable to progress, the game permits you to unveil the full puzzle, compelling you to move on to a higher difficulty and restart. But fear not, we’re here to assist! Below are partial solutions that act as clues to help you navigate through each level of difficulty.

How to engage with Pips

If you’ve experienced dominoes before, you’ll grasp the basics of Pips. As noted in our earlier hints for Pips, the tiles—like dominoes—can be positioned either vertically or horizontally and interconnect. The primary distinction between classic dominoes and Pips lies in the color-coded criteria that must be fulfilled. The adjacent tiles are not required to correspond.

The criteria you need to satisfy pertain to the color-coded sections. For example, if a single digit is shown, all sides of a tile in that section must total the specified digit. It’s feasible—and quite normal—for only part of a tile to exist within a color-coded area.

Here are typical scenarios you will face through the different difficulty levels:

• Number: The total of all the pips in this area must equal the specified number.

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

• Not Equal: Every domino half in this area must display an entirely different number of pips.

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

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

If a section is devoid of color coding, it indicates that there are no requirements on the pieces of dominoes contained within those sections.

Simple difficulty clues, solutions for March 13 Pips

Number (11): All elements in this area must sum to 11. The solution is 6-6.