{
  "id": 17476,
  "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for August 1, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-august-1-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-01T15:07:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-august-1-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Welcome to your guide for Pips, the latest game by the New York Times released in August 2025. This game offers a unique twist on dominoes, providing a single-player experience that could become your new daily gaming habit. In case you're stuck, here are hints to guide you through each difficulty level.\n\nEasy Difficulty Hints:\n- Equal (6): The answer is 0-6 placed horizontally, and 6-5 placed horizontally.\n- Greater Than (4): The answer is 6-5 placed horizontally.\n- Number (2): The answer is 5-2 placed vertically, and 0-3 placed horizontally.\n- Equal (3): The answer is 0-3 placed horizontally, and 4-3 placed vertically.\n\nMedium Difficulty Hints:\n- Equal (3): The answer is 3-3 placed horizontally, and 3-5 placed horizontally.\n- Number (6): The answer is 3-3 placed horizontally, and 3-4 placed horizontally.\n- Less Than (2): The answer is 0-5 placed horizontally.\n- Number (10): The answer is 3-5 placed horizontally, and 0-5 placed horizontally.\n\nHard Difficulty Hints:\n- Number (3): The answer is 3-5 placed horizontally.\n- Number (9): The answer is 3-5 placed horizontally, and 4-2 placed vertically.\n- Equal (1): The answer is 1-2 placed horizontally, and 1-4 placed vertically.\n- Number (10): The answer is 1-4 placed vertically, and 6-3 placed vertically.\n- Equal (2): The answer is 1-2 placed horizontally, 4-2 placed vertically, 2-0 placed horizontally, and 2-6 placed vertically.\n- Number (10): The answer is 2-6 placed vertically, and 4-4 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": [
    "Easy difficulty hints provided for Pips game",
    "Medium difficulty hints include Equal (3) and Number (6)",
    "Hard difficulty hints reveal Number (3) and Equal (2)"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "published": "2026-08-01T23:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/nyt-connections-sports-edition-today-hints-and-answers-for-august-2",
        "published": "2026-08-02T13:41:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}