{
  "id": 14141212,
  "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for October 13, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-october-13-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:11:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-october-13-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Welcome to your guide for Pips, the latest single-player game from the New York Times. Released in August 2025, this unique twist on dominoes offers an engaging gaming experience. While the game doesn't currently offer hints, we've compiled piecemeal answers to help you navigate each difficulty level.\n\nPlaying Pips is similar to traditional dominoes, with tiles placed vertically or horizontally and connecting with one another. However, unlike dominoes, Pips features color-coded conditions that tiles must meet. These conditions range from numbers and equal pips to comparisons like greater than and less than.\n\nFor the easy difficulty level, the hints include the following:\n- Number (6): The purple space requires all pips to add up to 6. The solution is 6-6, placed horizontally.\n- Number (6): The light blue space also requires a total of 6. The solution is 6-3, placed horizontally.\n- Number (6): The orange space demands a total of 6. The solution is 6-3, placed horizontally, and 3-1, placed vertically.\n- Number (2): The red space requires a total of 2. The solution is 3-1, placed vertically, and 1-6, placed horizontally.\n\nMedium difficulty hints include:\n- Greater Than (3): The space must have pips greater than 3. The solution is 5-3, placed horizontally.\n- Number (3): The space requires a total of 3. The solution is 5-3, placed horizontally.\n- Number (3): The space also requires a total of 3. The solution is 2-4, placed horizontally, and 0-1, placed horizontally.\n- Greater Than (3): The space must have pips greater than 3. The solution is 2-4, placed horizontally, and 0-2, placed vertically.\n- Less Than (2): The space must have pips totaling less than 2. The solution is 1-5, placed horizontally, and 0-0, placed horizontally.\n\nFor the hard difficulty level, the hints are:\n- Number (4): The space must have a total of 4. The solution is 4-1, placed horizontally.\n- Less Than (2): The space must have pips totaling less than 2. The solution is 4-1, placed horizontally.\n- Number (1): The space requires a total of 1. The solution is 6-1, placed horizontally.\n- Number (7): The space requires a total of 7. The solution is 2-5, placed vertically.\n- Equal (3): The space must have equal pips. The solution is 3-3, placed vertically, and 3-5, placed horizontally.\n- Not Equal: The space must have different pips. The solution is 3-5, placed horizontally, and 0-6, placed horizontally.\n- Less Than (3): The space must have pips totaling less than 3. The solution is 2-4, placed vertically.\n- Less Than (5): The space must have pips totaling less than 5. The solution is 2-4, placed vertically.\n- Number (8): The space requires a total of 8. The solution is 6-2, placed vertically.\n- Equal (2): The space must have equal pips. The solution is 2-2, placed vertically.\n- Number (4): The space requires a total of 4. The solution is 4-3, placed vertically.\n- Greater Than (2): The space must have pips greater than 2. The solution is 4-3, placed vertically.\n- Number (10): The space requires a total of 10. The solution is 4-6, placed vertically.\n- Number (4): The space requires a total of 4. The solution is 3-1, 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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}