{
  "id": 45710,
  "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for August 2, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-august-2-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-02T14:10:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-august-2-2026"
  },
  "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 fresh take on dominoes, providing a single-player experience that you might consider a daily gaming habit. Currently, if you're stuck, the game only reveals the entire puzzle, forcing you to start over at the next difficulty level.\n\nPips is played similarly to dominoes, with tiles placed vertically or horizontally and connecting together. The main difference lies in the color-coded conditions that must be met. These conditions vary depending on the difficulty level.\n\nFor easy difficulty, you'll encounter conditions such as \"Greater Than (1)\" and \"Number (1)\". In the \"Greater Than (1)\" space, all pips must be greater than 1, with the answer being 0-2 placed horizontally. The \"Number (1)\" space requires the sum of pips to equal 1, with answers being 1-1, 0-2, and 0-0 placed horizontally.\n\nMedium difficulty presents conditions like \"Less Than (3)\" and \"Equal (0)\". In the \"Less Than (3)\" space, pips must be less than 3, with the answer being 0-0 placed vertically and 1-6 horizontally. The \"Equal (0)\" space requires all pips to be equal to 0, with answers being 4-0 placed horizontally and 0-3 vertically.\n\nHard difficulty includes conditions such as \"Less Than (3)\" and \"Greater Than (5)\". In the \"Less Than (3)\" space, pips must be less than 3, with the answer being 0-0 placed vertically and 1-6 horizontally. The \"Greater Than (5)\" space requires all pips to be greater than 5, with the answer being 6-2 placed horizontally.",
  "summary": "Pips, the latest game by the New York Times, is a unique twist on the classic dominoes game. Currently, the game only offers full puzzle reveals, but this guide provides piecemeal hints to help players navigate each difficulty level. The game is played similarly to dominoes, with tiles placed vertically or horizontally and connecting to one another, with the main difference being the color-coded conditions that must be met.",
  "key_points": [
    "NYT releases Pips game in August 2025",
    "Easy difficulty conditions: \"Greater Than (1)\" and \"Number (1)\"",
    "Medium difficulty conditions: \"Less Than (3)\" and \"Equal (0)\""
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "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."
}