{
  "id": 5478896,
  "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for September 4, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-september-4-2026",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T03:07:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-september-4-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game from the New York Times. Pips offers a unique twist on dominoes, providing a single-player experience that could become a daily habit. If you get stuck, you can use these piecemeal hints to progress through each difficulty level.\n\nTo play Pips, you place tiles vertically or horizontally and connect them. The main difference from traditional dominoes is the color-coded conditions that the touching tiles must meet. These conditions vary by difficulty level.\n\nEasy: For the Number (7) space, the pips must add up to 7. Possible answers are 1-3 placed horizontally, or 4-2 placed vertically.\n\nMedium: Equal (2) requires tiles with the same number of pips. The answer is 2-2 placed horizontally, and 4-2 placed vertically.\n\nHard: Greater Than (0) requires tiles with a sum greater than 0. The answer is 1-6 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": [
    "Pips is a new single-player dominoes game from NYT",
    "Color-coded conditions vary by difficulty level",
    "Answers provided for easy, medium, and hard levels"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The New York Times' Pips game offers a fresh take on dominoes with its color-coded conditions, providing a unique single-player experience that can be tailored to different difficulty levels.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}