Looking for help with today’s Easy, Medium and Hard NYT Pips puzzles? Whether you’re looking for a push in the right direction or just want to compare notes, below you’ll find everything you need to solve each of today’s Pips as well as a full description of today’s Hard Pips.
My Sunday was unfortunately a bit tiring, but now it’s Monday and a fresh start. A new week. And it started to rain! The monsoons are here and we hope they will be here for a long time. Baptism in the rain. Let’s solve today’s Pips, shall we?
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How to play Pips
In Pips, you have a grid of colorful boxes. Each colored area represents a different “condition” you need to achieve. You have a selected number of dominoes to spend filling the grid. You have to use every domino and get every condition right to win. There are Easy, Medium and Hard levels.
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Here is an example of a difficult Pips level:
Pips example
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As you can see, the grid has a bunch of symbols and numbers with each color. On the far left, the three purple squares should not be equal to each other (hence the crossed out equal sign). The two pink squares next to it must add up to 0. The blue zigzag squares must all be equal to each other. You click on the dominoes to rotate them, and you will need to, since they need to be rotated to fit where they belong.
No other conditions such as “less than” or “greater than” appear in this grid. If there are multiple tiles with the > or < signs, the total of those tiles must be greater or less than the listed number. Varies by grid. White spaces can be anything. The various possible conditions are:
- = All pips must be equal to each other in this group.
- ≠ All pips must not be equal to each other in this group.
- > The pip on that tile (or tiles) must be greater than the number listed.
- < The pip on this tile must be less than the listed number.
- An exact number (like 6) The pip must equal that exact number.
- Unconditional tiles can be anything.
To win, you must use all your dominoes by filling in all the squares, making sure they match each condition. Sometimes there is only one way to solve the puzzle. Other times, there may be two or more different solutions. Play today’s Pips puzzle here.
Today’s Pips Solutions and Walkthrough
Below are the solutions for Easy and Medium Pips. After that, I will walk you through the Hard puzzle. Spoiler ahead.
Today’s Easy Pips
Easy pips
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Today’s Medium Pips
Medium pits
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Hard Pips Walkthrough and Solution
Here are today’s Hard Pips:
Hard seeds
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Today’s Hard Pips are the letter “T” and I guess the letter “I” next to it rather than a small “t” which was the tradition. Oh, good. The best place to start is at the “T” where at least one domino just needs to be placed.
Step 1
Start with the 0/2 domino from Blue < 2 up to Pink 3 and the 1/3 domino from Pink 3 down to Green 3. The 0/4 domino follows that from Green 3 to Pink 5 and the 1/5 domino falls to Pink 5 down to Dark Blue 5.
Hard seeds
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Step 2
We’ve used two of the three dominoes that = 4 and all that’s left is 2/2, so put that on the Purple 4 and then go to “I”. Place the 3/5 domino from Orange = on Green 5 and the 3/2 domino from Orange = on Blue 4.
Hard seeds
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Solution
Then place the 5/2 domino from Purple = to Blue 4 and the 5/4 domino from Purple = to Dark Blue =. The 6/2 domino fills the Orange 8 and the 4/4 domino completes the Dark Blue =. Voila! You’re all done!
Hard seeds
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Have a great Monday, Pipsqueaks!
How did you do in today’s Pips?
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