NYT Pips hints, answers for October 22, 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 a guide on Pips, the latest game from the New York Times, released in August 2025. This single-player dominoes-inspired game offers a unique twist with color-coded conditions. For today's October 22, 2026, puzzles, we've compiled hints to help you progress through each difficulty level.
Easy Difficulty:
- Number (6): Your tiles must sum up to 6. The solution is 3-3 placed vertically.
- Greater Than (4): Tiles must be greater than 4. The solution is 5-0, vertically placed.
- Equal (0): Tiles must be equal to 0. The solution is 0-0, horizontally placed.
Medium Difficulty:
- Number (6): Sum of tiles should be 6. The solution is 4-2 placed horizontally.
- Less Than (6): Sum of tiles should be less than 6. The solution is 4-1, horizontally placed.
- Equal (6): Tiles must be equal to 6. The solution is 6-6, horizontally placed.
- Number (7): Tiles must sum up to 7. The solution is 3-5 placed vertically, and 2-0 placed vertically.
- Number (0): Tiles must sum up to 0. The solution is 2-0, vertically placed.
- Not Equal: Tiles must be different. The solution is 4-3 placed horizontally, and 5-1 placed horizontally.
- Number (1): Tiles must sum up to 1. The solution is 5-1, horizontally placed.
Hard Difficulty:
- Not Equal: Tiles must be different. The solution is 4-0 placed horizontally, and 6-2 placed vertically.
- Number (2): Sum of tiles should be 2. The solution is 6-2 placed vertically.
- Number (9): Sum of tiles should be 9. The solution is 5-5, vertically placed.
- Number (2) (again): Tiles must sum up to 2. The solution is 2-4 placed horizontally.
- Number (2) (in dark blue space): Tiles must sum up to 2. The solution is 2-2, vertically placed.
- Equal (1): Tiles must be equal to 1. The solution is 1-1, vertically placed.
- Number (2) (in purple space): Tiles must sum up to 2. The solution is 2-2, vertically placed.
- Number (2) (again): Tiles must sum up to 2. The solution is 2-0, horizontally placed.
- Number (6): Sum of tiles should be 6. The solution is 2-0 placed horizontally, and 6-0 placed vertically.
- Less Than (2): Tiles must be less than 2. The solution is 0-1, horizontally placed.
- Number (0): Sum of tiles should be 0. The solution is 6-0, vertically placed.
- Number (6): Sum of tiles should be 6. The solution is 6-4, vertically placed.
- Not Equal: Tiles must be different. The solution is 6-4 placed vertically, and 1-3 placed vertically.
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