NYT Pips is a quick-thinking logic puzzle built around domino tiles and color-coded rules.
Each weekday brings a new set of Easy, Medium, and Hard boards that ask you to line up pips so every region meets its requirement.
If something isn't clicking today, try gentle hints below before jumping into the full solutions for all three boards.
How Pips Works Pips takes standard domino tiles and drops them into color-coded regions, each with its own condition.
Every half-tile counts, and the goal is to fill the board so each zone follows its rule.
You'll run into a few core types:
The rules stay the same across all three boards. What changes is how tightly they're arranged.
A good first step is to solve strict Number or Equal zones before moving on to the flexible ones.
Full Answers Easy Equal: Everything in this space must be equal.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 2-4, placed vertically; 3-4, placed horizontally.
Equal: Everything in this space must be equal.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 5-3, placed vertically; 3-4, placed horizontally.
Greater Than (3): Everything in this space must be greater than 3.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 5-3, placed vertically.
Equal: Everything in this space must be equal.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 0-0, placed vertically; 0-1, placed horizontally.
Less Than (3): Everything in this space must be less than 3.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 0-1, placed horizontally; 3-1, placed vertically. Medium Equal: Everything in this space must be equal.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 2-3, placed vertically; 2-2, placed vertically.
Equal: Everything in this space must be equal.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 4-5, placed horizontally; 1-5, placed horizontally.
Equal: Everything in this space must be equal.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 4-5, placed horizontally; 6-4, placed vertically.
Equal: Everything in this space must be equal.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 6-4, placed vertically; 6-0, placed vertically.
Equal: Everything in this space must be equal.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 2-3, placed vertically; 1-3, placed horizontally.
Number (1): Everything in this space must add up to 1.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 1-3, placed horizontally.
Equal: Everything in this space must be equal.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 0-0, placed horizontally; 6-0, placed vertically. Hard Number (11): Everything in this space must add up to 11.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 6-5, placed horizontally.
Number (12): Everything in this space must add up to 12.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 4-0, placed horizontally; 4-4, placed vertically.
Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 1-1, placed horizontally; 4-1, placed vertically.
Unequal: Special constraint.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 4-6, placed vertically; 3-2, placed horizontally; 2-0, placed vertically; 1-5, placed horizontally.
Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 3-2, placed horizontally.
Number (8): Everything in this space must add up to 8.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 2-4, placed vertically; 4-1, placed vertically.
Number (6): Everything in this space must add up to 6.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 2-4, placed vertically; 2-2, placed horizontally.
Number (6): Everything in this space must add up to 6.
🔽 Show Answer The answer is 4-6, placed vertically. Tip : Use the more complex rules backward; fill in tricky zones first, then wrap the remaining dominoes into the free space.
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