NYT Pips hints, solutions for December 28

Merry Christmas and Completely satisfied Holidays! Welcome to your information to Pips, the most recent recreation within the New York Occasions catalogue.

Launched in August 2025, the Pips places a singular spin on dominoes, making a enjoyable single-player expertise that would grow to be your subsequent every day gaming behavior.

Presently, in case you’re caught, the sport solely gives to disclose your entire puzzle, forcing you to maneuver onto the subsequent problem stage and begin over. Nevertheless, we’ve you lined! Beneath are piecemeal solutions that may function hints to be able to discover your means via every problem stage.

play Pips

For those who’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 standard recreation of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded situations it’s important to tackle. The touching tiles do not essentially must match.

The situations it’s important to meet are particular to the color-coded areas. For instance, if it gives 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 under half a tile to be inside a color-coded area.

Listed below are frequent examples you will run into throughout the issue ranges:

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

• Equal: Each domino half on this area should 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.

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

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

Simple problem hints, solutions for Dec. 28 Pips

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

Equal (6): Every part on this crimson area should be equal to six. The reply is 5-6, positioned horizontally; 6-3, positioned vertically.

Equal (3): Every part on this mild blue area should be equal to three. The reply is 6-3, positioned vertically; 5-3, positioned horizontally; 3-4, positioned vertically.

Quantity (5): Every part on this area should add as much as 5. The reply is 5-3, positioned horizontally.

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

Quantity (4): Every part on this area should add as much as 4. The reply is 3-4, positioned vertically.

Medium problem hints, solutions for Dec. 28 Pips

Better Than (3): Every part on this area should be larger than 3. The reply is 6-2, positioned vertically.

Quantity (0): Every part on this area should add as much as 0. The reply is 0-3, positioned horizontally.

Not Equal: Every part on this area should be completely different. The reply is 1-1, positioned horizontally; 6-2, positioned vertically; 0-3, positioned horizontally; 0-2, positioned horizontally.

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

Quantity (8): Every part on this area should add as much as 8. The reply is 2-2, positioned horizontally; 0-2, positioned horizontally; 3-2, positioned horizontally.

Onerous problem hints, solutions for Dec. 28 Pips

Better Than (4): Every part on this area should be larger than 4. The reply is 4-5, positioned horizontally.

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

Quantity (15): Every part on this purple area should add as much as 15. The reply is 5-6, positioned vertically; 4-5, positioned horizontally; 6-1, positioned horizontally.

Quantity (15): Every part on this orange area should add as much as 15. The reply is 5-6, positioned vertically; 4-0, positioned vertically; 5-2, positioned vertically.

Equal (0): Every part on this inexperienced area should be equal to 0. The reply is 4-0, positioned vertically; 0-5, positioned horizontally; 0-2, positioned vertically.

Quantity (15): Every part on this inexperienced area should add as much as 15. The reply is 0-5, positioned horizontally; 6-2, positioned horizontally; 4-4, positioned horizontally.

Better Than (3): Every part on this area should be larger than 3. The reply is 4-4, positioned horizontally.

Equal (2): Every part on this area should be equal to 2. The reply is 0-2, positioned vertically; 4-2, positioned vertically; 2-2, positioned horizontally.

For those who’re in search of extra puzzles, Mashable’s bought video games now! Take a look at our video games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and extra.