{
  "id": 5906996,
  "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for September 6, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-september-6-2026",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-06T03:50:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-september-6-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Here are the piecemeal hints for Pips on September 6, 2026 to help you navigate each difficulty level:\n\nEasy Difficulty:\n- Number (6): The answer is 6-6 placed horizontally.\n- Number (6): The answer is 6-4 placed vertically.\n- Number (6): The answers are 6-4 placed vertically and 2-2 placed horizontally.\n- Number (1): The answers are 0-0 placed horizontally and 3-1 placed horizontally.\n- Number (5): The answer is 2-2 placed horizontally.\n\nMedium Difficulty:\n- Number (2): The answer is 2-6 placed vertically.\n- Equal (0): The answer is 0-0 placed horizontally.\n- Number (10): The answers are 2-2 placed horizontally, 6-3 placed vertically.\n- Number (10): The answers are 3-5 placed horizontally, 6-3 placed vertically, 4-3 placed vertically.\n- Number (10): The answers are 3-5 placed horizontally, 5-6 placed horizontally.\n- Equal (6): The answers are 2-6 placed vertically and 5-6 placed horizontally.\n- Greater Than (2): The answer is 4-3 placed vertically.\n\nHard Difficulty:\n- Less Than (2): The answer is 0-4 placed vertically.\n- Equal (4): The answers are 0-4 placed vertically and 4-3 placed vertically.\n- Number (3): The answer is 4-3 placed vertically.\n- Greater Than (3): The answer is 4-1 placed vertically.\n- Number (5): The answers are 4-1 placed vertically and 4-6 placed vertically.\n- Greater Than (5): The answer is 4-6 placed vertically.\n- Number (11): The answer is 6-5 placed horizontally.\n- Number (12): The answers are 3-3 placed vertically and 6-1 placed vertically.\n- Number (1): The answer is 6-1 placed vertically.\n- Greater Than (3): The answer is 4-2 placed horizontally.\n- Less Than (3): The answer is 4-2 placed horizontally.\n- Equal (1): The answer is 1-1 placed horizontally.\n- Equal (2): The answers are 2-2 placed vertically and 2-5 placed vertically.\n- Number (5): The answer is 2-5 placed horizontally.\n- Equal (6): The answers are 6-6 placed horizontally and 6-3 placed vertically.\n- Number (3): The answer is 3-2 placed vertically.\n- Number (6): The answers are 6-3 placed vertically and 3-5 placed vertically.\n- Number (11): The answer is 3-5 placed vertically and 6-2 placed horizontally.\n- Number (4): The answers are 3-2 placed vertically and 6-2 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": [
    "Easy difficulty: Answers include 6-6, 6-4, 6-4, 2-2, 0-0",
    "Medium difficulty: Answers include 2-6, 0-0, 2-2, 6-3, 2-2, 6-3",
    "Hard difficulty: Answers include 0-4, 4-3, 4-3, 4-1, 4-6, 4-1, 6-5, 6-1"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NYT Strands hints, answers for September 6, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/nyt-strands-hints-answers-for-september-6-2026",
        "published": "2026-09-06T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}