NYT Pips hints, answers for October 12, 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.
October 12, 2026 marks the release of the latest game from The New York Times, Pips. This unique take on the classic dominoes game offers a single-player experience, but can become a daily habit for players. To assist with gameplay, we've gathered piecemeal answers to guide you through each difficulty level.
Easy difficulty hints:
- Number (3): The answer is 3-2, placed horizontally.
- Greater Than (8): The answer is 5-5, placed horizontally.
- Equal (2): The answer is 3-2, placed horizontally; 2-4, placed horizontally.
- Greater Than (4): The answer is 6-2, placed horizontally; 2-0, placed horizontally.
- Less Than (3): The answer is 2-0, placed horizontally.
Medium difficulty hints:
- Greater Than (4): The answer is 3-5, placed horizontally.
- Less Than (2): The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally.
- Number (2): The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally; 0-4, placed horizontally.
- Equal (4): The answer is 0-4, placed horizontally; 4-4, placed horizontally.
- Number (5): The answer is 4-2, placed horizontally; 3-2, placed vertically.
- Number (7): The answer is 3-0, placed vertically; 4-5, placed horizontally.
- Greater Than (4): The answer is 4-5, placed horizontally.
- Number (2): The answer is 3-2, placed vertically; 3-0, placed vertically.
Hard difficulty hints:
- Number (2): The answer is 2-4, placed vertically.
- Number (3): The answer is 3-6, placed vertically.
- Number (2): The answer is 2-3, placed horizontally.
- Number (3): The answer is 2-3, placed horizontally.
- Number (1): The answer is 1-4, placed vertically.
- Number (10): The answer is 2-4, placed vertically; 3-6, placed vertically.
- Number (5): The answer is 5-1, placed vertically.
- Number (4): The answer is 4-3, placed horizontally.
- Number (3): The answer is 4-3, placed horizontally.
- Number (4): The answer is 1-4, placed vertically.
- Number (2): The answer is 2-1, placed vertically.
- Number (4): The answer is 4-0, placed vertically.
- Number (1): The answer is 5-1, placed vertically.
- Number (2): The answer is 2-0, placed horizontally.
- Number (0): The answer is 2-0, placed horizontally.
- Number (1): The answer is 1-3, placed vertically.
- Number (1): The answer is 2-1, placed vertically.
- Number (0): The answer is 4-0, placed vertically.
- Number (5): The answer is 5-4, placed horizontally.
- Number (0): The answer is 0-3, placed vertically.
- Number (3): The answer is 1-3, placed vertically.
- Number (5): The answer is 5-3, placed vertically.
- Number (0): The answer is 0-1, placed horizontally.
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