Pips
Learn more about The New York Times game Pips including access, how to play, and answers to common questions.
About Pips
Pips is a visual logic puzzle where players arrange a set of dominoes to fill a game board. The goal is to complete the puzzle by ensuring all conditions on the board are met—conditions will be different every game. There’s no losing, only completing the puzzle. Players can continue to try until they solve the puzzle.
Color regions have conditions attached to their bottom right that the dominos must fulfill.
Region conditions can include:
- = : The domino dots in the region are the same number.
- ≠ : The domino dots in the region are not equal.
- > : The domino dots in the region are greater than the number next to the symbol.
- < : The domino dots in the region are less than the number next to the symbol.
- A number: The domino dots in the region must add up to that specific number.
- Empty/blank: Some regions have no conditions.
When all dominoes have been placed correctly and all conditions are met, a congratulatory page will appear. If the conditions have not been met, the player will get a message stating the puzzle is incorrect and can continue to rearrange the dominoes.
Cookie Trifecta: If players finish the puzzle under a set time, they’ll have a cookie attached to their results at the end. Puzzles are available in three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Earn a cookie for each level by solving under the set time!
Note: Pips does not have statistics at this time.
When to Play
New puzzles are published every day at midnight, local to the player's time zone.
Share Your Results
To share Pips results:
- After solving, select the Share button at the bottom of the congratulatory page.
- Depending on the device you are using to play Pips, you will see a selection of options you can use to share your results.
If you copied it to your device’s clipboard, you can paste your Pips results into any text field to share (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, email, text message, etc.).
Pips Settings
- Dark mode: Light text on a dark background.
- Light mode: Dark text on a light background.
- Show timer: Displays a timer to track the completion time.
- Play sound: Enables in-game sounds.
Submit Feedback
To share comments or suggestions about Pips, submit feedback directly from within the game by following these steps:
- Navigate to Pips in the New York Times Games app or on the website.
- Select the Question Mark icon in the upper right corner of the game.
- Select Feedback.
- Fill out the form and submit it.