NYT Pips hints, answers for August 25, 2026
The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.
Welcome to your guide for Pips, the new game from the New York Times, released in August 2025. This single-player game offers a unique twist on dominoes, promising to become a daily gaming habit. While the game usually provides full puzzle solutions, we've crafted piecemeal answers below to help you navigate each difficulty level.
Easy difficulty hints:
- Number (9): Place a horizontal domino with 4-4 to make the sum 9.
- Less Than (2): Place a horizontal domino with 1-6 to ensure the sum is less than 2.
Medium difficulty hints:
- Greater Than (2): Place a horizontal domino with 4-6 to make the sum greater than 2.
- Equal (6): Place a horizontal domino with 4-6, and another vertical domino with 6-6.
- Equal (3): Place a horizontal domino with 2-3, and another vertical domino with 3-6.
- Equal (6): Place a vertical domino with 6-6, and another horizontal domino with 6-5.
- Number (5): Place a horizontal domino with 6-5, and another vertical domino with 0-0.
- Equal (6): Place a vertical domino with 3-6, and another horizontal domino with 1-6.
- Less Than (2): Place a horizontal domino with 1-6.
Hard difficulty hints:
- Number (9): Place a vertical domino with 3-3, a horizontal domino with 0-6, and another vertical domino with 2-0.
- Number (2): Place a horizontal domino with 0-6, and another vertical domino with 2-0.
- Number (6): Place a vertical domino with 2-0, and another horizontal domino with 6-4.
- Number (4): Place a horizontal domino with 6-5, and another horizontal domino with 0-4.
- Number (10): Place a horizontal domino with 0-5, and another vertical domino with 5-3.
- Number (9): Place a vertical domino with 5-3, and another horizontal domino with 6-6.
- Number (8): Place a horizontal domino with 6-6, and another horizontal domino with 1-1.
- Not Equal: Place a horizontal domino with 4-0, a vertical domino with 3-1, and another horizontal domino with 2-5.
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