Welcome to your resource for Pips, the newest game in the New York Times collection. Launched in August 2025, Pips gives a delightful twist on dominoes, offering an enjoyable solo experience that could easily become a part of your daily gaming routine. At the moment, if you find yourself at an impasse, the game only provides an option to unveil the complete puzzle, compelling you to advance to a higher difficulty and start anew. But worry not! Below, you’ll find segmented answers that will act as clues to help you navigate through each level of difficulty.

How to engage with Pips

If you’ve ever experienced dominoes, you’ll have a basic understanding of how Pips functions. As highlighted in our earlier hint articles for Pips, the tiles, similar to dominoes, can be arranged either vertically or horizontally and must connect with one another. The primary distinction between a conventional game of dominoes and Pips lies in the color-coded requirements that you need to fulfill. The adjacent tiles don’t necessarily need to correspond.

The requirements you must satisfy are unique to the color-coded categories. For instance, if it indicates a single digit, the sum of all sides of a tile in that category must equal the specified number. It is frequent – and not uncommon – for just a portion of a tile to reside within a color-coded area.

Here are typical scenarios you’ll encounter across the various levels of difficulty:

– Number: The total of all pips within this space must equal the specified number.
– Equal: Each domino half in this space must feature the same count of pips.
– Not Equal: Each domino half in this space must display a completely distinct number of pips.
– Less than: Each domino half in this space must total less than the indicated number.
– Greater than: Each domino half in this space must total more than the indicated number.

If a section lacks any color coding, it signifies that there are no stipulations concerning the portions of dominoes within those areas.

Easy difficulty hints, answers for March 19 Pips

Equal (6): All elements in this area must equate to 6. The solution is 1-6, arranged vertically; 6-6, set horizontally.

Number (5): All elements in this area must total 5. The solution is 2-2, arranged horizontally; 3-1, placed horizontally.

Equal (3): All elements in this area must equate to 3. The solution is 5-3, arranged vertically; 3-1, arranged horizontally.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for March 19 Pips

Greater Than (9): All elements in this area must exceed 9. The solution is 4-3, arranged vertically; 6-5, arranged vertically.

Greater Than (2): All elements in this area must exceed 2. The solution is 4-2, arranged horizontally.

Equal (3): All elements in this light blue area must equate to 3. The solution is 4-3, arranged vertically; 3-3, set horizontally.

Equal (5): All elements in this orange area must equate to 5. The solution is 6-5, arranged vertically; 5-5, arranged horizontally; 5-1, arranged vertically.

Less Than (2): All elements in this area must exceed 2. The solution is 2-0, arranged vertically.

Less Than (2): All elements in this area must exceed 2. The solution is 5-1, arranged vertically.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for March 19 Pips

Equal (4): All elements in this area must equate to 4. The solution is 4-4, set horizontally.

Equal (2): All elements in this area must equate to 2. The solution is 2-2, arranged horizontally; 2-5, arranged vertically.

Number (1): All elements in this area must total 1. The solution is 0-1, arranged vertically.

Number (0): All elements in this area must total 0. The solution is 0-0, arranged horizontally.

Number (2): All elements in this area must total 2. The solution is 2-3, arranged vertically.

Number (3): All elements in this area must total 3. The solution is 2-3, arranged vertically.

Number (4): All elements in this area must total 4. The solution is 4-1, arranged vertically.

Number (5): All elements in this area must total 5. The solution is 4-1, arranged vertically; 4-3, arranged horizontally.

Equal (3): All elements in this green area must equate to 3. The solution is 4-3, set horizontally; 3-3, set horizontally.

Number (2): All elements in this area must total 2. The solution is 2