NYT Pips hints, answers for October 21, 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.
On October 21, 2026, the New York Times released Pips, a unique dominoes-inspired game with a single-player experience. The game features color-coded spaces with specific conditions that tiles must meet, such as summing to a certain number or having different pips. Here are hints and answers to help players of varying difficulty levels:
Easy Difficulty:
1. Number (10): The two tile answers are 0-4 placed horizontally and 6-3 placed horizontally, with pips summing to 10.
2. Number (5): The two tile answers are 6-3 placed horizontally and 2-4 placed horizontally, both summing to 5.
3. Number (10): The two tile answers are 2-4 placed horizontally and 6-6 placed horizontally, with pips totaling 10.
Medium Difficulty:
1. Greater Than (4): The tile answer is 6-6 placed horizontally, with pips greater than 4.
2. Equal (1): The tile answer is 1-1 placed horizontally, with both pips equal to 1.
3. Not Equal: The two tile answers are 5-2 placed horizontally and 0-1 placed horizontally, with different pips.
4. Greater Than (7): The two tile answers are 5-1 placed horizontally and 3-4 placed horizontally, with pips greater than 7.
5. Greater Than (5): The two tile answers are 3-4 placed horizontally and 2-6 placed horizontally, with pips greater than 5.
6. Number (6): The tile answer is 2-6 placed horizontally, with pips summing to 6.
7. Number (8): The tile answer is 4-4 placed horizontally, with pips summing to 8.
Hard Difficulty:
1. Less Than (3): The tile answer is 2-2 placed vertically, with pips less than 3.
2. Greater Than (3): The tile answer is 4-1 placed vertically, with pips greater than 3.
3. Number (2): The tile answer is 2-2 placed vertically, with pips summing to 2.
4. Less Than (3): The tile answer is 2-0 placed vertically, with pips less than 3.
5. Greater Than (0): The tile answer is 0-4 placed horizontally, with pips greater than 0.
6. Equal (5): The tile answer is 5-5 placed vertically, with both pips equal to 5.
7. Number (9): The tile answer is 3-6 placed horizontally, with pips summing to 9.
8. Number (3): The tile answer is 1-2 placed vertically, with pips summing to 3.
9. Number (0): The tile answer is 0-0 placed vertically, with pips summing to 0.
10. Equal (4): The two tile answers are 4-4 placed horizontally and 4-5 placed vertically, with both pips equal to 4.
11. Number (5): The tile answer is 5-2 placed horizontally, with pips summing to 5.
12. Greater Than (1): The tile answer is 5-2 placed horizontally, with pips greater than 1.
13. Number (5): The tile answer is 4-5 placed vertically, with pips summing to 5.
14. Number (5): The tile answer is 5-3 placed vertically, with pips summing to 5.
15. Number (3): The tile answer is 5-3 placed vertically, with pips summing to 3.
16. Number (3): The tile answer is 3-4 placed horizontally, with pips summing to 3.
17. Number (7): The two tile answers are 4-2 placed horizontally and 1-3 placed vertically, with pips summing to 7.
18. Not Equal: The two tile answers are 3-4 placed horizontally and 1-5 placed vertically, with different pips.
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