NYT Pips hints, answers for October 1, 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 navigating Pips, the latest dominoes-inspired game from the New York Times. Released in August 2025, Pips offers a unique single-player experience that can easily become a daily gaming habit. When you get stuck, don't worry—the game only provides piecemeal answers to help you through each challenge. Here are some hints to assist you:
Easy Difficulty:
- Less than (4): The solution is 1-0, placed vertically.
- Number (10): The solution is 6-4, placed horizontally (twice).
- Equal (0): The solutions are 1-0 (vertical), 0-4 (horizontal), and 0-0 (vertical).
- Greater Than (4): The answer is 6-5, placed vertically.
Medium Difficulty:
- Number (4): The solution is 4-5, placed horizontally.
- Equal (1): The answer is 1-1, placed vertically.
- Greater Than (9): The answer is 4-6, placed vertically.
- Less than (4): The solution is 3-5, placed horizontally.
- Less than (7): The answers are 6-0 (vertical), 1-2 (vertical), and 4-1 (vertical).
- Less than (3): The answer is 1-2, placed vertically.
Hard Difficulty:
- Number (1): The solution is 1-2, placed vertically (twice).
- Number (2): The solutions are 2-3 (vertical), 2-6 (vertical), 1-2 (vertical), 2-6 (vertical), 1-3 (vertical), 2-3 (vertical), 3-6 (vertical), 5-6 (vertical), 0-6 (vertical), 4-1 (vertical), 6-1 (vertical).
- Number (5): The answer is 5-3 (vertical).
- Number (0): The solutions are 0-0 (horizontal) (twice).
- Number (6): The solutions are 2-6 (vertical), 5-6 (vertical), 0-6 (vertical), 3-6 (vertical), 5-6 (vertical), 6-6 (horizontal), 6-6 (horizontal).
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