{
  "id": 15994066,
  "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for October 22, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-october-22-2026",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-22T03:12:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-october-22-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nEasy Difficulty:\n- Number (6): Your tiles must sum up to 6. The solution is 3-3 placed vertically.\n- Greater Than (4): Tiles must be greater than 4. The solution is 5-0, vertically placed.\n- Equal (0): Tiles must be equal to 0. The solution is 0-0, horizontally placed.\n\nMedium Difficulty:\n- Number (6): Sum of tiles should be 6. The solution is 4-2 placed horizontally.\n- Less Than (6): Sum of tiles should be less than 6. The solution is 4-1, horizontally placed.\n- Equal (6): Tiles must be equal to 6. The solution is 6-6, horizontally placed.\n- Number (7): Tiles must sum up to 7. The solution is 3-5 placed vertically, and 2-0 placed vertically.\n- Number (0): Tiles must sum up to 0. The solution is 2-0, vertically placed.\n- Not Equal: Tiles must be different. The solution is 4-3 placed horizontally, and 5-1 placed horizontally.\n- Number (1): Tiles must sum up to 1. The solution is 5-1, horizontally placed.\n\nHard Difficulty:\n- Not Equal: Tiles must be different. The solution is 4-0 placed horizontally, and 6-2 placed vertically.\n- Number (2): Sum of tiles should be 2. The solution is 6-2 placed vertically.\n- Number (9): Sum of tiles should be 9. The solution is 5-5, vertically placed.\n- Number (2) (again): Tiles must sum up to 2. The solution is 2-4 placed horizontally.\n- Number (2) (in dark blue space): Tiles must sum up to 2. The solution is 2-2, vertically placed.\n- Equal (1): Tiles must be equal to 1. The solution is 1-1, vertically placed.\n- Number (2) (in purple space): Tiles must sum up to 2. The solution is 2-2, vertically placed.\n- Number (2) (again): Tiles must sum up to 2. The solution is 2-0, horizontally placed.\n- Number (6): Sum of tiles should be 6. The solution is 2-0 placed horizontally, and 6-0 placed vertically.\n- Less Than (2): Tiles must be less than 2. The solution is 0-1, horizontally placed.\n- Number (0): Sum of tiles should be 0. The solution is 6-0, vertically placed.\n- Number (6): Sum of tiles should be 6. The solution is 6-4, vertically placed.\n- Not Equal: Tiles must be different. The solution is 6-4 placed vertically, and 1-3 placed vertically.",
  "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,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-wednesday-october-21-game-962",
        "published": "2026-10-20T23:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Wordle today: Answer, hints for October 21, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/wordle-today-answer-hints-for-october-21-2026",
        "published": "2026-10-21T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}