{
  "id": 13896687,
  "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for October 12, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-october-12-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-12T06:50:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-october-12-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nEasy difficulty hints:\n- Number (3): The answer is 3-2, placed horizontally.\n- Greater Than (8): The answer is 5-5, placed horizontally.\n- Equal (2): The answer is 3-2, placed horizontally; 2-4, placed horizontally.\n- Greater Than (4): The answer is 6-2, placed horizontally; 2-0, placed horizontally.\n- Less Than (3): The answer is 2-0, placed horizontally.\n\nMedium difficulty hints:\n- Greater Than (4): The answer is 3-5, placed horizontally.\n- Less Than (2): The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally.\n- Number (2): The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally; 0-4, placed horizontally.\n- Equal (4): The answer is 0-4, placed horizontally; 4-4, placed horizontally.\n- Number (5): The answer is 4-2, placed horizontally; 3-2, placed vertically.\n- Number (7): The answer is 3-0, placed vertically; 4-5, placed horizontally.\n- Greater Than (4): The answer is 4-5, placed horizontally.\n- Number (2): The answer is 3-2, placed vertically; 3-0, placed vertically.\n\nHard difficulty hints:\n- Number (2): The answer is 2-4, placed vertically.\n- Number (3): The answer is 3-6, placed vertically.\n- Number (2): The answer is 2-3, placed horizontally.\n- Number (3): The answer is 2-3, placed horizontally.\n- Number (1): The answer is 1-4, placed vertically.\n- Number (10): The answer is 2-4, placed vertically; 3-6, placed vertically.\n- Number (5): The answer is 5-1, placed vertically.\n- Number (4): The answer is 4-3, placed horizontally.\n- Number (3): The answer is 4-3, placed horizontally.\n- Number (4): The answer is 1-4, placed vertically.\n- Number (2): The answer is 2-1, placed vertically.\n- Number (4): The answer is 4-0, placed vertically.\n- Number (1): The answer is 5-1, placed vertically.\n- Number (2): The answer is 2-0, placed horizontally.\n- Number (0): The answer is 2-0, placed horizontally.\n- Number (1): The answer is 1-3, placed vertically.\n- Number (1): The answer is 2-1, placed vertically.\n- Number (0): The answer is 4-0, placed vertically.\n- Number (5): The answer is 5-4, placed horizontally.\n- Number (0): The answer is 0-3, placed vertically.\n- Number (3): The answer is 1-3, placed vertically.\n- Number (5): The answer is 5-3, placed vertically.\n- Number (0): The answer is 0-1, placed horizontally.",
  "summary": "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.",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Hurdle hints and answers for October 12, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/hurdle-hints-and-answers-for-october-12-2026",
        "published": "2026-10-12T04:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}