Looking for help with today’s NYT Pips puzzles? You’ve come to the right place. Not only will you find strategies below, but full answers for each daily trio of Pips puzzles and a full walkthrough for the Hard Pips.

The weekend is here at last, Pipsqueaks. There’s much to be done and only two days to squeeze it all in. Dominoes await! Let’s solve these Pips puzzles!

Looking for Friday ’ s Pips? Read our guide right here.

In Pips, you have a grid of multi=-colored boxes. Each colored area represents a different “condition” 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.

Here’s an example of a difficult tier Pips:

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.

Not shown on this grid are other conditions, such as “less than” or “greater than.” 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:

  • = All pips must equal one another in this group.
  • ≠ All pips must not equal one another in this group.
  • > The pip in this tile (or tiles) must be greater than the listed number.
  • < The pip in this tile must be less than the listed number.
  • An exact number (like 6) The pip must equal this exact number.
  • Tiles with no conditions can be anything.

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’s only one way to solve the puzzle. Other times, there can be two or more different solutions. Play today’s Pips puzzle here .

Today’s Pips Solutions And Walkthrough

Below are the solutions for the Easy and Medium tier Pips. After that, I’ll walk you through the Hard puzzle. Spoilers ahead.

Hard Pips Walkthrough And Solution

Here’s today’s Hard Pips:

Another mathematical equation only a true genius could solve. 4 + 7 = 11. That’s some Good Will Hunting level maths. Harder still is how we line up these dominoes with the proper tiles. There’s not an exact spot to start, really, and I had to do a bit of swapping around before I got this, but my opening instincts were correct. I suspected we’d need the 6/6 for Orange 15, so finding the domino to pair with that was easy enough. And once that was done, the “=” sign was easy enough to wrap up. We only have a couple other doubles, and it appears 1’s will go in Orange =. With all that in mind, we can begin.

Place the 2/3 domino from Dark Blue 2 into Orange 15 and the 6/6 below it. This leaves us with only the 5/6 domino for Green > 10 and the 6/4 domino for Pink > 9.

Place the 3/1 domino from Purple > 1 into Orange = and the 6/1 from Pink > 4 into Orange =. The 4/1 goes from Purple > 3 into Orange = and the 1/1 finishes that group up.

We have two dominoes that could make Dark Blue 6, but we need the 3/3 for Green = so put the 4/2 in Dark Blue 6. Then hop to the “7” and place the 4/3 domino from Green > 3 into Purple = and the 3/5 domino from Purple = into Dark Blue > 4.

The 0/3 domino goes from Orange < 2 into Blue 12 and the 3/6 finishes off Blue 12. Moving up in a straight line place the 5/2 domino from Blue > 4 into Pink < 4 and the 0/4 domino from the single free tile up into Blue 4 and you’re done!

Have a splendid Saturday, Pipsqueaks!

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