New York Times Pips game mechanics and hints

Pips is a single-player domino-style game released by the New York Times in August 2025. The game utilizes color-coded conditions that players must satisfy by placing tiles vertically or horizontally.

Gameplay mechanics include specific requirements for tiles within color-coded spaces, such as ‘Number’ (where pips must add up to a specific value), ‘Equal’, ‘Not Equal’, ‘Less than’, and ‘Greater than’. If a space lacks color coding, no specific conditions are applied to the tiles within that area.