NYT Pips hints, solutions for January 25, 2026

Welcome to your information to Pips, the most recent sport within the New York Instances catalogue.

Launched in August 2025, the Pips places a novel spin on dominoes, making a enjoyable single-player expertise that would change into your subsequent day by day gaming behavior.

At present, if you happen to’re caught, the sport solely affords to disclose all the puzzle, forcing you to maneuver onto the following problem degree and begin over. Nonetheless, now we have you lined! Under are piecemeal solutions that may function hints so that you could discover your manner by every problem degree.

The way to play Pips

If you happen to’ve ever performed dominoes, you will have a passing familiarity for a way Pips is performed. As we have shared in our earlier hints tales for Pips, the tiles, like dominoes, are positioned vertically or horizontally and join with one another. The primary distinction between a conventional sport of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded circumstances it’s a must to handle. The touching tiles do not essentially should match.

The circumstances it’s a must to meet are particular to the color-coded areas. For instance, if it supplies a single quantity, each aspect of a tile in that area should add as much as the quantity supplied. It’s potential – and customary – for less than half a tile to be inside a color-coded area.

Listed here are widespread examples you will run into throughout the problem ranges:

• Quantity: All of the pips on this area should add as much as the quantity.

• Equal: Each domino half on this area have to be the identical variety of pips.

• Not Equal: Each domino half on this area will need to have a totally completely different variety of pips.

• Lower than: Each domino half on this area should add as much as lower than the quantity.

• Larger than: Each domino half on this area should add as much as greater than the quantity.

If an space doesn’t have any colour coding, it means there aren’t any circumstances on the parts of dominoes inside these areas.

Simple problem hints, solutions for Jan. 26 Pips

Much less Than (3): Every part on this area have to be lower than 3. The reply is 2-5, positioned horizontally.

Much less Than (2): Every part on this area have to be lower than 2. The reply is 5-1, positioned horizontally.

Larger Than (4): Every part on this area have to be better than 4. The reply is 5-4, positioned vertically.

Larger Than (5): Every part on this area have to be better than 5. The reply is 5-6, positioned horizontally.

Larger Than (3): Every part on this area have to be better than 3. The reply is 5-4, positioned vertically.

Quantity (30): Every part on this area should add as much as 30. The reply is 2-5, positioned horizontally; 5-1, positioned horizontally; 5-5, positioned vertically; 5-6, positioned horizontally; 5-3, positioned horizontally.

Medium problem hints, solutions for Jan. 26 Pips

Equal (2): Every part on this area have to be equal to 2. The reply is 2-2, positioned horizontally.

Much less Than (4): Every part on this area have to be lower than 4. The reply is 0-2, positioned vertically.

Equal (0): Every part on this area have to be equal to 0. The reply is 0-6, positioned horizontally; 5-0, positioned horizontally.

Quantity (10): Every part on this purple area should add as much as 10. The reply is 0-6, positioned horizontally; 4-4, positioned vertically.

Equal (2): Every part on this area have to be equal to 2. The reply is 0-2, positioned vertically; 2-6, positioned horizontally.

Quantity (10): Every part on this purple area should add as much as 10. The reply is 4-4, positioned vertically; 2-6, positioned horizontally.

Laborious problem hints, solutions for Jan. 26 Pips

Larger Than (4): Every part on this area have to be better than 4. The reply is 6-6, positioned horizontally.

Equal (6): Every part on this area have to be equal to six. The reply is 6-6, positioned horizontally; 6-1, positioned horizontally.

Quantity (5): Every part on this purple area should add as much as 5. The reply is 6-1, positioned horizontally; 4-4, positioned vertically.

Not Equal: Every part on this area have to be completely different. The reply is 4-4, positioned vertically; 2-2, positioned horizontally; 3-3, positioned horizontally.

Quantity (6): Every part on this purple area should add as much as 6. The reply is 2-2, positioned horizontally; 5-4, positioned horizontally.

Quantity (9): Every part on this purple area should add as much as 9. The reply is 5-4, positioned horizontally; 1-4, positioned horizontally.

Much less Than (3): Every part on this area have to be lower than 3. The reply is 1-4, positioned horizontally.

Quantity (9): Every part on this purple area should add as much as 9. The reply is 3-3, positioned horizontally; 6-4, positioned horizontally.

Quantity (4): Every part on this purple area should add as much as 4. The reply is 6-4, positioned horizontally; 0-1, positioned horizontally.

Much less Than (2): Every part on this area have to be lower than 2. The reply is 0-1, positioned horizontally.

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