Welcome to your resource on Pips, the newest addition to the New York Times game selection. Launched in August 2025, Pips offers a fresh take on dominoes, providing an entertaining single-player adventure that might become your next routine gaming choice. Right now, if you find yourself at a standstill, the game only allows you to uncover the entire puzzle, compelling you to advance to a higher difficulty and restart. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Below are fragmented solutions that will act as clues to help you navigate through each level of difficulty.
How to engage with Pips
If you’ve played dominoes before, you’ll have a basic understanding of how Pips operates. As mentioned in our earlier hint articles for Pips, the tiles, like those in dominoes, can be arranged either vertically or horizontally and connect with one another. The primary distinction between a classic game of dominoes and Pips lies in the color-coded requirements you must meet. The adjacent tiles don’t necessarily need to correspond.
The requirements you must fulfill are linked to the color-coded areas. For instance, if a space indicates a single digit, every side of a tile in that space is required to sum up to that digit. It is possible — and indeed frequent — for only part of a tile to be located within a color-coded area.
Here are typical cases you’ll encounter throughout the varying difficulty levels:
– Number: All pips in this location must total the specified number.
– Equal: Each domino half in this area must display the same number of pips.
– Not Equal: Each domino half in this area must feature entirely different numbers of pips.
– Less than: Each domino half in this section must sum to 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 indicates there are no conditions on the domino portions within those areas.
Easy difficulty hints, solutions for May 14 Pips
– Greater Than (7): All tiles in this area must be greater than 7. The solution is 5-6, oriented vertically; 5-1, oriented vertically.
– Less Than (2): All tiles in this area must be less than 2. The solution is 5-1, oriented vertically.
– Equal (6): All tiles in this area must equal 6. The solution is 6-6, oriented horizontally; 6-1, oriented horizontally; 5-6, oriented vertically.
– Less Than (2): All tiles in this area must be less than 2. The solution is 6-1, oriented horizontally.
– Equal (2): All tiles in this area must equal 4. The solution is 2-2, oriented horizontally.
Medium difficulty hints, solutions for May 14 Pips
– Equal (0): All tiles in this area must equal 0. The solution is 4-0, oriented horizontally; 0-3, oriented vertically.
– Less Than (5): All tiles in this area must be less than 5. The solution is 1-1, oriented horizontally.
– Number (3): All tiles in this area must total 3. The solution is 0-3, oriented vertically.
– Number (10): All tiles in this area must total 10. The solution is 2-2, oriented vertically; 6-5, oriented horizontally.
– Equal (5): All tiles in this area must equal 5. The solution is 6-5, oriented horizontally; 5-5, oriented vertically.
– Less Than (5): All tiles in this area must be less than 5. The solution is 4-6, oriented horizontally.
– Equal (6): All tiles in this area must equal 6. The solution is 4-6, oriented horizontally; 6-6, oriented vertically.
Hard difficulty hints, solutions for May 14 Pips
– Less Than (3): All tiles in this area must be less than 3. The solution is 1-3, oriented horizontally.
– Number (7): All tiles in this area must total 7. The solution is 1-3, oriented horizontally; 4-5, oriented vertically.
– Greater Than (10): All tiles in this area must be greater than 10. The solution is 4-5, oriented vertically; 6-1, oriented vertically.
– Number (1): All tiles in this area must total 1. The solution is 6-1, oriented vertically.
Equal (4): All tiles in this area must equal 4. The solution is 4-4, oriented horizontally.
Number (1): All tiles in this area must total 1. The solution is 1-5, oriented vertically.
Number (10): All tiles in this area must total