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This page gives you hints and answers for today's NYT Pips puzzle, covering all three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Pips is the daily domino logic puzzle from The New York Times, and each board is updated here shortly after it goes live. Use a hint if you want to keep working the board yourself, or check the full domino layout if you just want the completed solution.
If you are new to Pips, the section below explains the rules in plain terms. If you already know how to play and just need today's answer, use the search bar above to jump straight to it.
Pips is a logic puzzle from The New York Times built around dominoes instead of letters or words. Each puzzle gives you a board divided into colored regions and a set of dominoes to place. Every domino has two ends, and each end shows a number of pips, or dots, from zero to six. Your job is to place every domino on the board so that each colored region follows its own rule at the same time.
Unlike Wordle or Connections, Pips does not test vocabulary. It tests pattern recognition and number logic, which makes it feel closer to a small Sudoku puzzle played with dominoes instead of digits.
1. Pick the difficulty you are playing today: Easy, Medium, or Hard.
2. Read the hint for a region you are stuck on before looking at the full answer.
3. If the hint is not enough, check the full domino layout for that difficulty.
4. Compare the layout to your own board to confirm each domino's position and rotation.
5. Move on to the next difficulty level once you have finished the current one.
Every colored region on a Pips board carries a symbol in the corner that tells you the rule for that area. Knowing what each symbol means is the fastest way to solve a board without needing a full answer.
• A number: The pips inside that region must add up to exactly that number.
• An equals sign: Every cell in that region must show the same number of pips.
• A not equal sign: No two cells in that region can show the same number of pips.
• A greater than or less than sign: The pips in that region must add up to more than, or less than, the number shown.
• No symbol at all: The region has no rule, so any domino half can sit there as long as it fits the shape.
A single domino can stretch across two regions at once, with each half following the rule of its own region. These straddling dominoes are usually the key to solving the board, since placing one correctly often forces the rest of the puzzle into place.
• Start with the dominoes that have extreme values, such as double sixes or a zero paired with a six. They fit fewer regions, so placing them first narrows your options quickly.
• Look for straddling dominoes first. A domino that crosses two regions often has only one placement that satisfies both rules at once.
• Rule out impossible placements as soon as you spot them, rather than leaving them for later.
• Recheck every nearby region after each placement, since one move can break a rule you already satisfied.
• Work from easy to hard on the same day. The easy board usually teaches the pattern that the hard board reuses on a bigger grid.
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NYT Pips Hints and Answers page is built to answer one question as directly as possible. What is the answer to today's NYT Pips puzzle, at any difficulty? It combines the current day's hints, full domino layouts, and a plain explanation of the region rules, so solvers who are new to Pips and solvers who play every day can both find exactly the help they need.
A new Pips puzzle unlocks at midnight in your local time zone. Hints and answers 0on this page are updated shortly after each day's boards go live.
Pips is playable through the NYT Games app and website. Some features may require an NYT Games subscription, so check the official NYT Games page for current access details.
The three levels use the same types of rules, but Hard boards use more dominoes and more overlapping regions, which makes the logic chain longer to work through.
Yes. A domino can straddle the border between two regions, with each half following the rule of the region it sits in. These dominoes are usually the fastest way into a solution.
An equals sign means every cell inside that region must show the same number of pips.
Check back shortly. Boards are added as soon as each day's Easy, Medium, and Hard puzzles are confirmed.