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Saturday is here at last, Pipsqueaks, and we have an Easy, Medium and Hard Pips to solve. I thought the Medium was harder than the Hard today, to be honest, though your mileage will vary. Let\u2019s lay some dominoes, shall we?<\/p>\n
Looking for Friday<\/em>\u2019s Pips? <\/em>Read our guide right here<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n In Pips, you have a grid of multicolored boxes. Each colored area represents a different \u201ccondition\u201d that you have to achieve. You have a select number of dominoes that you have to spend filling in the grid. You must use every domino and achieve every condition properly to win. There are Easy, Medium and Difficult tiers.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s an example of a difficult tier Pips:<\/p>\n Pips example<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n As you can see, the grid has a bunch of symbols and numbers with each color. On the far left, the three purple squares must not equal one another (hence the equal sign crossed out). The two pink squares next to that must equal a total of 0. The zig-zagging blue squares all must equal one another. You click on dominoes to rotate them, and will need to since they have to be rotated to fit where they belong. <\/p>\n Not shown on this grid are other conditions, such as \u201cless than\u201d or \u201cgreater than.\u201d If there are multiple tiles with > or < signs, the total of those tiles must be greater or less than the listed number. It varies by grid. Blank spaces can have anything. The various possible conditions are:<\/p>\n In order to win, you have to use up all your dominoes by filling in all the squares, making sure to fit each condition. Sometimes there\u2019s only one way to solve the puzzle. Other times, there can be two or more different solutions. Play today\u2019s Pips puzzle here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Below are the solutions for the Easy and Medium tier Pips. After that, I\u2019ll walk you through the Hard puzzle. Spoilers ahead.<\/p>\n Easy Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Medium Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Here\u2019s today\u2019s Hard Pips:<\/em><\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Today\u2019s Hard Pips is the letter \u201cY\u201d or, perhaps, \u201cV\u201d or maybe it\u2019s a goblet. Whatever it is, there\u2019s not a super obvious starting point, but I do like the Orange 12 since we know it requires a couple of our 6\u2019s. We also know it can\u2019t be the 6\/6 domino since Purple = requires a block of four of the same Pips. Using this, and the Dark Blue 5 group, we can figure out how to kick this Hard Pips off.<\/p>\n Place the 6\/1 domino from Orange 12 up into Purple = and the 6\/2 domino from Orange 12 over into Dark Blue 5. The 3\/1 domino goes from Dark Blue 5 into Purple = and the 1\/1 domino fills in the remaining two Purple = tiles. Next, place the 4\/4 domino in the bottom left tiles of Green =.<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Place the 2\/5 domino from Pink 4 into Blue 5 and the 2\/4 domino from Pink 4 into Green =. The 4\/0 domino goes from Green = into the free tile and the 4\/5 domino goes from Green = into Purple 10. Finish up this step with the 4\/3 domino from Green = into Blue 6.<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Place the 5\/3 domino from Purple 10 into Blue 6 and the 0\/0 domino in Pink =. Move down to the little goblet and place the 6\/6 domino in Dark Blue > 8. The 6\/3 domino goes from Purple 6 into Green 6 and the 3\/0 domino goes from Green 6 up into Orange < 3. That\u2019s a wrap!<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n As always, I\u2019m reminded why I don\u2019t like to start in the smaller of two grids. I tried it that way and completely botched what I\u2019d need for up above. That\u2019s how I settled on starting with Orange 12, since it made it pretty clear what that whole corner would be and everything else fell into place nicely after that. <\/p>\n How\u2019d you do on today\u2019s Pips?<\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, or Facebook<\/a>. Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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