NYT Pips is the newest puzzle from The New York Times Games, which has quickly taken the internet by storm since its launch a few days ago. This game features unique domino gameplay that tests your logical thinking skills. You don’t have to be good at dominoes to be good at NYT Pips, which is designed to be a single-player experience.
How to play NYT Pips
If you’ve ever played dominoes, you’ll have a solid foundation for Pips. Like dominoes, the tiles are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The key difference for Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. Unlike dominoes, touching tiles don’t have to match.
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.
Players are required to use a drag-and-drop system, and they have to place and rotate dominoes until they meet all the conditions on the board. While doing so, they need to keep specific rules in mind:
The value of a domino is to be equal (=) or not equal (≠).
These values can be greater than (>) or less than (<).
In specific areas, numbers need to be correct to add up to the target total.
There are a few spaces that have no restrictions, allowing players free placement.
NYT Pips Difficulty Levels
There are three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard. The more difficult the setting, the more tiles to place and the more conditions that must be met.
Here are common examples you’ll run into across 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.
FAQs
How is F0 Pips different from regular dominoes?
A key difference is the introduction of color-coded conditions for players to solve.
What other games are available on The New York Times?
These include Connections, Wordle, and Strands among others.
Can I play NYT Pips for free?
It can be played online for free at nytpips.org.
