NYT Pips hints, answers for September 9, 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.
Below are piecemeal hints for September 9, 2026 in Pips, the latest game from the New York Times.
Easy difficulty hints:
- Greater Than (1): The answer is 3-2, placed horizontally.
- Greater Than (4): The answer is 1-5, placed horizontally.
- Number (9): The answer is 3-2, placed horizontally; 6-0, placed vertically.
- Equal (0): The answer is 6-0, placed vertically; 0-1, placed horizontally.
- Number (4): The answers are 1-5, placed horizontally; 1-1, placed horizontally; 0-1, placed horizontally.
Medium difficulty hints:
- Greater Than (1): The answer is 2-3, placed vertically.
- Number (6): The answers are 1-3, placed vertically; 6-5, placed vertically.
- Number (6): The answers are 2-3, placed vertically; 3-0, placed horizontally.
- Number (0): The answer is 3-0, placed horizontally.
- Less Than (6): The answer is 5-4, placed horizontally.
- Equal (5): The answer is 5-5, placed vertically.
- Equal (3): The answers are 1-3, placed vertically; 3-5, placed horizontally.
- Equal (5): The answers are 5-4, placed horizontally; 3-5, placed horizontally.
Hard difficulty hints:
- Number (11): The answer is 2-6, placed horizontally; 5-0, placed vertically.
- Equal (3): The answers are 3-3, placed vertically; 3-4, placed vertically.
- Greater Than (3): The answer is 3-4, placed vertically.
- Number (2): The answers are 5-0, placed vertically; 0-0, placed horizontally; 2-4, placed vertically.
- Greater Than (3): The answer is 2-4, placed vertically.
- Number (3): The answer is 1-3, placed horizontally.
- Equal (1): The answers are 1-1, placed horizontally; 1-0, placed vertically; 1-3, placed horizontally.
- Equal (0): The answers are 1-0, placed vertically; 0-6, placed vertically.
- Number (11): The answer is 0-6, placed vertically; 5-6, placed vertically.
- Greater Than (3): The answer is 5-6, placed vertically.
- Equal (2): The answer is 2-2, placed vertically.
- Number (13): The answer is 4-4, placed vertically; 5-1, placed horizontally.
- Number (1): The answer is 5-1, placed horizontally.
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