Introducing your resource for Pips, the newest addition to the New York Times game selection.
Launched in August 2025, Pips presents a distinctive take on dominoes, offering an enjoyable single-player experience that may turn into your next daily gaming routine.
At this moment, if you find yourself at an impasse, the game simply unveils the complete puzzle, prompting you to advance to a higher difficulty level and restart. But don’t worry! Below are partial answers that will act as clues to assist you through each level of difficulty.
How to play Pips
If you have played dominoes before, you will grasp the fundamentals of Pips’ gameplay. As mentioned in our earlier hints for Pips, the tiles, similar to dominoes, can be arranged either vertically or horizontally and connect with one another. The primary distinction between a standard game of dominoes and Pips lies in the color-coded conditions you need to fulfill. The adjacent tiles do not necessarily need to correspond.
The requirements you need to satisfy are based on the color-coded areas. For instance, if it indicates a single number, every side of a tile within that zone must sum up to the specified number. It is quite possible – and usual – for only a portion of a tile to exist within a color-coded area.
Here are typical scenarios you will encounter across the difficulty levels:
Number: All pips in this area must total the number.
Equal: Every domino half in this area must show the same number of pips.
Not Equal: Every domino half in this area must present a completely different number of pips.
Less than: Each domino half in this area must total less than the number.
Greater than: Each domino half in this area must total more than the number.
If a section lacks any color coding, it indicates that there are no constraints on the segments of dominoes within those areas.
Easy difficulty hints, solutions for March 3 Pips
Number (4): All elements in this area must equal 4. The solution is 5-3, arranged vertically; 1-0, arranged vertically.
Number (7): All elements in this area must equal 7. The solution is 5-4, arranged horizontally; 3-1, arranged vertically.
Equal (0): All elements in this area must equal 0. The solution is 1-0, arranged vertically; 0-3, arranged horizontally.
Number (3): All elements in this area must equal 3. The solution is 0-3, arranged horizontally.
Number (1): All elements in this area must equal 1. The solution is 3-1, arranged vertically.
Medium difficulty hints, solutions for March 3 Pips
Number (3): All elements in this area must equal 3. The solution is 3-4, arranged horizontally.
Number (8): All elements in this area must equal 8. The solution is 3-4, arranged horizontally; 4-6, arranged horizontally.
Number (5): All elements in this area must equal 5. The solution is 5-0, arranged vertically.
Number (8): All elements in this area must equal 8. The solution is 1-2, arranged horizontally.
Number (8): All elements in this area must equal 8. The solution is 2-5, arranged vertically.
Less Than (2): All elements in this area must be greater than 2. The solution is 5-0, arranged