New York Times Pips puzzle hints and solutions for June 20

The New York Times’ logic‑based game “Pips”, launched in August 2025, asks players to fill a grid with domino halves while meeting colour‑coded constraints such as equality, inequality, greater‑than, less‑than or exact sums. The puzzle offers no partial hints, so solvers must either work out the configuration or reveal the entire board.

A guide for the June 20 edition provides concrete answers for each difficulty tier. For the easy level, examples include: “Equal (2): 2‑2 placed horizontally; 2‑5 placed horizontally” and “Less Than (5): 0‑3 placed horizontally”. Medium hints feature “Equal (3): 3‑5 placed vertically; 3‑3 placed vertically” and “Greater Than (3): 1‑6 placed horizontally”. Hard solutions list placements such as “Number (11): 0‑6 placed horizontally; 5‑4 placed vertically” and “Number (5): 5‑4 placed vertically; 1‑4 placed vertically”. The guide repeatedly notes constraints with phrasing like “Everything in this space must be equal to 2.”