NYT Pips hints, answers for November 22, 2025
Welcome to your comprehensive guide to “Pips,” the exciting new game from the New York Times that has taken the gaming world by storm since its release in August 2025. This innovative twist on the classic game of dominoes offers a unique single-player experience that promises to become your next daily gaming ritual. While the game presents an engaging challenge, it can also be quite tricky. If you find yourself stuck on a puzzle, don’t worry! We’ve compiled a series of hints and strategies to help you navigate through the various difficulty levels without revealing the entire solution, allowing you to enjoy the thrill of problem-solving.
“Pips” retains the basic mechanics of dominoes, where tiles are placed either vertically or horizontally, connecting with one another. However, the game introduces a vibrant color-coded system that adds layers of complexity. Players must meet specific conditions based on the colors of the spaces they occupy. For instance, if a space is marked with a single number, all the pips on the adjacent tiles must sum up to that number. There are also conditions like “Equal,” where each tile must display the same number of pips, and “Not Equal,” which requires varied numbers. The game encourages strategic thinking, as players must consider these conditions while placing their tiles. The absence of color coding indicates that there are no restrictions for those specific spaces, allowing for more flexibility in gameplay.
To give you a head start, we’ve included hints for different difficulty levels in “Pips.” For example, in the easy category, if a space requires all tiles to add up to 1, the solution could be a vertically placed 1-2 tile. As you progress to medium and hard levels, the complexity increases, with conditions such as needing all tiles to equal 6 or summing to 14. Our hints provide specific answers for each condition, ensuring that you can tackle each challenge effectively. Whether you’re a casual gamer or a seasoned puzzle enthusiast, “Pips” offers a refreshing take on traditional gameplay, making it a delightful addition to your daily routine. So grab your tiles and get ready to dive into the colorful world of “Pips”—your next favorite puzzle awaits!
Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the
New York Times
catalogue.
Released in August 2025, the
Pips
puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.
Currently, if you’re stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move onto the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you covered! Below are piecemeal answers that will serve as hints so that you can find your way through each difficulty level.
How to play Pips
If you’ve ever played dominoes, you’ll have a passing familiarity for how
Pips
is played. As we’ve shared in our previous hints stories for Pips, the tiles, like dominoes, are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The main difference between a traditional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. The touching tiles don’t necessarily have to match.
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The conditions you have to meet are specific to the color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, every side of a tile in that space must add up to the number provided. It is possible – and common – for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space.
Here are common examples you’ll run into across the difficulty levels:
Number
: All the pips in this space must add up to the number.
Equal
: Every domino half in this space must be the same number of pips.
Not Equal
: Every domino half in this space must have a completely different number of pips.
Less than
: Every domino half in this space must add up to less than the number.
Greater than:
Every domino half in this space must add up to more than the number.
If an area does not have any color coding, it means there are no conditions on the portions of dominoes within those spaces.
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Easy difficulty hints, answers for Nov. 22 Pips
Number (1):
Everything in this space must add to 1. The answer is 1-2, placed vertically.
Greater Than (2):
Everything in this space must be greater than 2. The answer is 3-2, placed vertically.
Equal (2):
Everything in this space must be equal to 2. The answer is 1-2, placed vertically; 0-2, placed vertically; 3-2, placed vertically.
Equal (1):
Everything in this space must be equal to 1. The answer is 3-1, placed horizontally; 6-1, placed horizontally.
Number (6):
Everything in this space must add to 2. The answer is 6-1, placed horizontally.
Medium difficulty hints, answers for Nov. 22 Pips
Equal (6):
Everything in this purple space must be equal to 6. The answer is 0-6, placed vertically; 6-6, placed horizontally; 6-3, placed horizontally.
Equal (3):
Everything in this red space must be equal to 3. The answer is 6-3, placed horizontally; 3-5, placed vertically.
Number (5):
Everything in this space must add to 5. The answer is 3-5, placed vertically.
Greater Than (6):
Everything in this space must be greater than 6. The answer is 5-4, placed vertically; 3-2, placed horizontally.
Equal (2):
Everything in this space must be equal to 2. The answer is 2-2, placed vertically; 3-2, placed vertically.
Less Than (4):
Everything in this space must be less than 4. The answer is 3-1, placed vertically; 1-1, placed horizontally.
Hard difficulty hints, answers for Nov. 22 Pips
Number (1):
Everything in this space must add to 1. The answer is 3-1, placed horizontally.
Number (1):
Everything in this space must add to 1. The answer is 1-5, placed horizontally.
Number (4):
Everything in this space must add to 4. The answer is 4-5, placed horizontally.
Equal (5):
Everything in this dark blue space must be equal to 5. The answer is 1-5, placed horizontally; 4-5, placed horizontally; 5-2, placed vertically; 5-0, placed vertically.
Equal (2):
Everything in this purple space must be equal to 2. The answer is 5-2, placed vertically; 2-1, placed vertically.
Number (1):
Everything in this space must add to 1. The answer is 2-1, placed vertically.
Number (14):
Everything in this red space must add to 14. The answer is 5-5, placed vertically; 4-4, placed horizontally.
Number (4):
Everything in this space must add to 4. The answer is 4-4, placed horizontally.
Number (14):
Everything in this space must add to 14. The answer is 6-6, placed vertically; 3-2, placed horizontally.
Equal (1):
Everything in this space must be equal to 1. The answer is 1-1, placed vertically.
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