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Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, Pips offers a unique twist on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that might become your next daily gaming habit. If you’re stuck, the game only reveals the entire puzzle, pushing you to the next difficulty level. Don’t worry; we’ve got hints that will help you navigate each level.
How to play Pips:
If you’ve played dominoes, you’ll recognize how Pips works. Unlike dominoes, Pips involves color-coded conditions on the tiles, and they don’t have to match. The conditions you need to meet are tied to each color. For instance, a single number means every side of a tile must add up to that number. It’s common for only half a tile to be within the color-coded space.
Here are typical scenarios:
– Number: Pips must add up to the stated number.
– Equal: Domino halves must be the same number of pips.
– Not Equal: Each half must have a different number of pips.
– Less than: Domino halves must add up to less than the number.
– Greater than: Domino halves must add up to more than the number.
Without color coding, there are no conditions to meet.
Easy difficulty hints for April 5 Pips:
– Number (4): Answer is 4-6, placed vertically.
– Number (4): Answer is 4-3, placed vertically.
– Equal (6): Answer is 4-6, placed vertically; 6-0, placed vertically.
– Number (2): Answer is 2-3, placed horizontally.
– Equal (3): Answer is 4-3, placed vertically; 2-3, placed horizontally.
– Number (0): Answer is 6-0, placed vertically.
– Number (0): Answer is 0-1, placed vertically.
– Number (5): Answer is 5-1, placed horizontally.
– Number (1): Answer is 5-1, placed horizontally; 0-1, placed vertically.
Medium difficulty hints for April 5 Pips:
– Equal (2): Answer is 2-2, placed horizontally.
– Number (3): Answer is 4-1, placed horizontally; 2-3, placed vertically.
– Number (3): Answer is 3-4, placed horizontally.
– Number (4): Answer is 4-1, placed horizontally; 0-6, placed vertically.
– Number (3): Answer is 2-3, placed vertically.
– Equal (4): Answer is 3-4, placed horizontally; 4-6, placed horizontally.
– Equal (6): Answer is 4-6, placed horizontally; 0-6, placed vertically.
– Less than (4): Answer is 2-1, placed horizontally.
Hard difficulty hints for April 5 Pips:
– Number (4): Answer is 4-2, placed horizontally; 2-1, placed vertically.
– Number (9): Answer is 4-2, placed horizontally; 5-1, placed horizontally.
– Number (2): Answer is 5-1, placed horizontally; 2-1, placed vertically.
– Equal (0): Answer is 0-6, placed horizontally; 0-5, placed vertically.
– Number (12): Answer is 0-6, placed vertically; 6-2, placed vertically.
– Number (6): Answer is 3-3, placed horizontally.
– Number (11): Answer is 5-3, placed vertically; 6-1, placed vertically.
– Equal (5): Answer is 0-5, placed vertically; 5-5, placed horizontally.
– Number (5): Answer is 6-2, placed vertically; 3-1, placed vertically.
– Number (3): Answer is 5-3, placed vertically.
– Number (4): Answer is 1-1, placed horizontally; 6-1, placed vertically; 3-1, placed vertically.
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