NYT Pips Today: The New York Times’ puzzle game Pips doesn’t take a day off, and today’s boards were a perfect mix of chill, tricky, and straight-up donkey-shaped chaos. If you’ve been scratching your head, don’t stress, here are the full hints and step-by-step answers for Easy, Medium, and Difficult.
Today’s NYT Pips Easy Hints
Hint: Start from the purple doubles at the top; they lock the shape quickly. Next, move down to the teal cluster in the center. Save the orange = pair for last.
Answer:
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Place [5 | 5] + [5 | 1] into the purple top run.
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Fill the teal group using [3 | 3] + [2 | 4].
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Drop [2 | 2] in the >1 pink group.
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Finish with [4 | 4] in the orange = section.
Final Result:
Today’s NYT Pips Medium Hints
Hint: Work the middle teal block of 6’s first, then use the purple 1 at the top to anchor. Orange 2’s on the bottom left can only go one way, so leave them till the end.
Answer:
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Stack [6 | 6], [5 | 1], [4 | 2] into the teal group of 12.
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Use [0 | 1] above for the purple 1.
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Drop [1 | 1] in the pink = group.
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Place [2 | 0] + [2 | 2] for the orange 2’s.
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Finish by sliding in [3 | 3] and [4 | 5] to balance green >5 and purple <4.
Final Result:
Today’s NYT Pips Hard Hints
Hint: Anchor the huge pink 11 run near the top, then slide into the teal 2’s and green 9/12 groups. The orange 10 and brown 8 fill late, don’t waste them too early.
Answer:
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Place [6 | 5] for the pink 11.
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Use [1 | 0] + [1 | 0] into the purple 1’s.
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Drop [6 | 3] into the green 9, then [6 | 6] + [0 | 6] into the green 12.
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Fill teal with [2 | 0] + [2 | 2].
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Place [4 | 4] + [4 | 4] into the purple cluster.
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Finish with [5 | 3] and [2 | 6] to complete orange 10 and brown 8.
Final Result:
And, that’s a wrap for today’s NYT Pips! Easy, Medium, and Hard solved step by step. Check back tomorrow for fresh hints and answers, same time, same puzzle grind.
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