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Another Monday, another trio of Pips puzzles to solve. The Easy is definitely very easy today, but I found both the Medium and the Hard to be pretty solid challenges. Read on for the solutions, plus a complete walkthrough for today\u2019s Hard Pips.<\/p>\n
Looking for Sunday<\/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 tricky because we have three different pips that will work in Purple =, Orange = and Dark Blue =, all of which require a double and all of which can pretty much go in any of these spots, except that we won\u2019t have the six different pips we\u2019ll need for Green \u2260 if don\u2019t do it right. Let\u2019s begin.<\/p>\n I decided the best thing to do would be to get the 6\u2019s out of the way, since they can\u2019t go in any group that needs a double. Place the 6\/2 domino from Pink = into Blue 2. The 6\/1 domino goes above that from Pink = into Purple 3. Next place the 6\/3 domino from the top right free tile into Purple =. This leaves us with a 6\/0 domino, which I\u2019ll plop over in Green \u2260.<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Next, place the 2\/1 domino from Blue 2 into Pink 2 and the 3\/1 domino from Purple = into Pink 2. The 3\/3 domino goes in the two left tiles of Purple = and the 3\/4 domino goes from Purple = down into Orange =.<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Place the 4\/5 domino from Orange = down into Dark Blue = and the 4\/4 domino in the next two Orange = tiles. The 4\/1 domino goes from Orange = over into Purple 3. We\u2019re out of 4\u2019s now so place the 4\/2 domino anywhere you please in the Green \u2260 group.<\/p>\n Hard Pip<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Finally, place the 5\/1 domino from Dark Blue 5 into Purple 3 and the 5\/5 domino in the last Dark Blue = tiles. This leaves us with the 5\/3 domino which we\u2019ll slot into Green \u2260 and call it a day.<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Starting with 6\u2019s helped me fix my biggest mistake, which was trying to make 5\u2019s and 4\u2019s work in Purple =. This made it clear that 6\/3 had to go up top into Purple = and from here it was pretty easy to figure out.<\/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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