NYT Pips hints, answers for October 6, 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 solving Pips puzzles on October 6, 2026. This unique game puts a new twist on dominoes, offering a fun single-player experience. To help you navigate through each difficulty level, here are some piecemeal hints.
Easy difficulty:
- Number (2): The pips must add up to 2. Answer is 0-0 horizontally or 2-4 vertically.
- Number (10): The pips must add up to 10. Answer is 2-4 vertically or 6-6 vertically.
- Number (8): The pips must add up to 8. Answer is 2-3 vertically or 5-3 vertically.
- Greater Than (2): The pips must be greater than 2. Answer is 5-3 vertically.
Medium difficulty:
- Less than (2): The pips must be less than 2. Answer is 0-5 horizontally.
- Equal (4): The pips must equal 4. Answer is 4-4 horizontally.
- Equal (5): The pips must equal 5. Answer is 5-0 horizontally or 5-2 horizontally.
- Less than (4): The pips must be less than 4. Answer is 5-2 horizontally.
- Equal (1): The pips must equal 1. Answer is 6-1 horizontally or 1-3 vertically.
- Number (12): The pips must add up to 12. Answer is 6-1 horizontally or 6-2 horizontally.
- Number (5): The pips must add up to 5. Answer is 6-2 horizontally or 1-3 vertically.
- Number (10): The pips must add up to 10. Answer is 5-5 vertically.
Hard difficulty:
- Number (11): The pips must add up to 11. Answer is 2-6 vertically, 3-3 horizontally, or 3-4 vertically.
- Greater Than (2): The pips must be greater than 2. Answer is 3-6 horizontally.
- Equal (4): The pips must equal 4. Answer is 3-4 vertically or 4-6 vertically.
- Greater Than (4): The pips must be greater than 4. Answer is 4-6 vertically.
- Number (24): The pips must add up to 24. Answer is 2-6 vertically, 3-6 horizontally, or 6-6 vertically.
- Less than (2): The pips must be less than 2. Answer is 1-2 horizontally.
- Number (7): The pips must add up to 7. Answer is 2-5 horizontally.
- Number (5): The pips must add up to 5. Answer is 4-5 vertically.
- Number (0): The pips must add up to 0. Answer is 1-0 horizontally.
- Less than (7): The pips must be less than 7. Answer is 0-4 vertically or 2-2 horizontally.
- Less than (5): The pips must be less than 5. Answer is 2-2 horizontally or 4-2 vertically.
- Equal (4): The pips must equal 4. Answer is 4-4 horizontally or 4-2 vertically.
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