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Happy Lazy Sunday, Pipsqueaks! And happy Mother\u2019s Day! If you\u2019re feeling extra lazy, be sure to check out my weekend streaming guide for all the best new movies and TV shows out this weekend (including some theatrical releases). But before you veg out on the couch, let\u2019s solve today\u2019s Easy, Medium and Hard Pips.<\/p>\n
Forbes<\/span>What To Watch This Weekend: New Shows And Movies To Stream On Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV And More<\/span>By Erik Kain<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/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 for Ma. Not Mom, not Mother, not Mommy, not Mum or Mummy but Ma. Which is funny because when I hear \u201cMa\u201d I think \u201cMa and Pa\u201d and that\u2019s always two pretty old people who\u2019ve been married so long they refer to one another that way, their given names long forgotten. Well, it\u2019s fitting for Mother\u2019s Day, but it\u2019s also a super challenging Hard Pips. The tips of the \u201cM\u201d really threw me off today, thwarting my plans. I had to move my dominoes around a lot, and made a couple bad assumptions that came back to bite me. Let\u2019s begin.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not sure this is the best place to start, to be honest, but I started at the \u201cA\u201d with the 4\/2 domino from Blue > 3 into Dark Blue < 3. The 0\/0 domino goes above that in Green 0 and the 0\/1 domino goes from Green 0 into Purple < 2. Place the 3\/3 domino in Pink 6 and the 4\/5 domino in Orange 9.<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Slide back over to the \u201cM\u201d and place the 5\/6 domino from Purple 5 down into Blue 10. The 4\/4 domino goes next to that, from Blue 10 down into Dark Blue 4. Next, place the 1\/1 domino from Orange < 2 into Purple 2 and the 1\/3 domino from Purple 2 into Pink > 2. Place the 1\/5 domino from Green = into Pink > 5.<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Place the 0\/4 domino from Pink < 2 into Dark Blue > 2 and the 4\/1 domino next to that from Orange > 3 down into Green =. The 2\/2 domino goes in the bottom two Blue = tiles and the 2\/1 goes from Blue = into the final Green = tile. Finally, jump back over to the \u201cA\u201d and place the 6\/6 domino in Green = and you\u2019re done!<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Was this as challenging for you as it was for me? This really stumped me, though I got it in the end. I guess you really don\u2019t want to mess with Ma.<\/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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