NYT Pips hints, answers for August 3, 2026

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, launched in August 2025 and offers a unique twist on the classic dominoes format. In Pips, tiles are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with one another, differing from traditional dominoes in the color-coded conditions players must meet. These conditions vary across difficulty levels and include numerical ranges, equalities, and comparisons.

For easy difficulty, players must meet conditions such as 'Less Than (3):' where all tile pips must be less than 3, with the answer being 5-3 placed horizontally. In the medium difficulty, 'Number (5):' requires the sum of all pips in a space to equal 5, with the answer 1-4 placed horizontally. At the hard level, 'Number (12):' demands the sum of all pips in a space to be 12, and the answer is 1-6 placed horizontally and 6-5 placed horizontally.