NYT Pips hints, answers for October 4
Key Takeaways
- Pips is the New York Times' latest single-player game, released in August 2025, based on a modified version of dominoes.
- The game relies on color-coded spaces that impose specific rules (e.g., Number, Equal, Less than) on the adjacent domino tile halves.
- The current in-game help only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, prompting the need for external hints.
- The article provides specific, step-by-step hints and answers for the Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty levels for the October 4th Pips puzzles.
- Key conditions involve ensuring pips add up to a specified number or that adjacent tile halves match or mismatch based on the color code.
This guide serves as a comprehensive walkthrough for Pips, the New York Times' recently released daily puzzle game from August 2025 that puts a fresh spin on dominoes. The game is noted for being deceptively difficult, and unlike other NYT games, it currently only allows players to reveal the entire solution, forcing them to restart. To circumvent this, the article details the rules, which involve placing tiles based on color-coded conditions such as summing to a specific 'Number' or ensuring halves are 'Equal' or 'Not Equal.' The bulk of the article then provides specific, piecemeal hints and answers for the Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty levels for the October 4th iteration of Pips. These detailed solutions cover various conditions like 'Number (2),' 'Equal (4),' and 'Less Than (3),' ensuring players can progress through the daily challenges.
