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Looking for help with today\u2019s Easy, Medium and Hard NYT Pips puzzles? Whether you\u2019re after a nudge in the right direction or just want to compare notes, below you\u2019ll find everything you need to solve each of today\u2019s Pips plus a full walkthrough for today\u2019s Hard Pips. <\/p>\n
The work week has returned after an all-too brief weekend. But never fear, we can distract ourselves from the daily grind with today\u2019s Pips puzzles! Grab those dominoes, Pipsqueaks, and let\u2019s get to it!<\/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 Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\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<\/section>\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 We have a \u2260 group today which will likely use up most of our doubles, of which we have several. Today\u2019s Hard Pips has a bigger clue, however: The bottom left corner has a 2 and a 3 tile next to one another, but we have no 2\/3 domino. This means we\u2019ll need two separate dominoes to fulfill those conditions, which helps us plan our approach.<\/p>\n Begin with the 2\/2 domino from Green 2 into Orange \u2260 and the 4\/4 domino from Dark Blue 4 into Orange \u2260. We\u2019re sending both those to the edges, since Dark Blue 6 will need to place into the center tile. It can\u2019t go down, or we wouldn\u2019t be able to fill Pink 3 and Purple 2. Next, place the 5\/5 domino from the left-most Orange \u2260 tile into Blue 10 and the 5\/3 domino from Blue 10 into Pink 3. Finish this step off with the 2\/0 domino from Purple 2 into Blue =.<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Place the 0\/5 domino from Blue = into Orange > 4 and the 0\/3 domino from Blue = into Dark Blue < 4. The 0\/4 domino goes from Blue = into Green 4, finishing off the second-biggest = group. Next, place the 4\/1 domino from Purple 4 into Pink = and the 1\/1 domino in the next two Pink = tiles.<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Place the 1\/0 domino from Pink = into Blue 0 and the 1\/3 domino from Pink = into Purple 6. The 3\/3 domino goes from Purple 6 into Orange \u2260 and the 6\/0 domino goes from Dark Blue 6 into Orange \u2260. Finally, the 6\/2 domino goes from Pink > 2 into the one and only free tile, and you\u2019re done!<\/p>\n Hard Pips<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n That Purple 2 \/ Pink 3 combo actually made this a pretty easy Hard Pips, as far as they go. I had initially placed my early dominoes incorrectly and when I came to that, I realized right away what needed to change. Had there been a 2\/3 domino on the board, however, I might not have noticed until much later!<\/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<\/section>\n<\/div>\n
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