NYT Pips hints, answers for September 14, 2026

The New York Times released the game Pips in August 2025. This game is a single-player version of dominoes with color-coded challenges. For each color-coded space, there are specific rules that the tiles must meet. These rules include matching numbers, being equal or not equal to a number, being less than or greater than a number, or simply having no conditions.

To start, here are the beginner-level hints for September 14, 2026. For the "Greater Than (1)" condition, the answer is 6-2 placed horizontally. For the "Equal (4)" condition, there are two possible answers: 4-6 placed horizontally, and 4-5 placed vertically. Similarly, for the "Equal (6)" condition, the answers are 4-6 placed horizontally, 6-2 placed horizontally, 6-6 placed horizontally, and 6-1 placed vertically.

At the medium difficulty level, the "Number (6)" condition requires that all pips in that space must add up to 6. The answer is 0-0 placed vertically, and 3-6 placed horizontally. The "Number (5)" condition, where the pips must add up to 5, can be solved with 4-0 placed horizontally, and 1-4 placed vertically.

As the difficulty increases, so does the challenge. For the "Hard" level, the "Number (1)" condition means that every tile's pips must add up to 1, with the answer being 1-3 placed vertically. The "Equal (3)" condition requires all tiles to have 3 pips, which can be solved with 1-3 placed horizontally and 3-5 placed vertically.