NYT Spills the Beans for September 26, 2025!

Happy Saturday and welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

How to play Pips
If you’ve ever played dominoes, you’ll have a passing familiarity for how Pips is played. As we’ve shared in our previous hints stories for Pips, the tiles, like dominoes, are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The main difference between a traditional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. The touching tiles don’t necessarily have to match.

Easy difficulty hints, answers for Sept. 26 Pips
Less Than (3): Everything in this space must be less than 3. The answer is 6-0, placed horizontally.
Equal (6): Everything in this space must be equal to 6. The answer is 6-6, placed horizontally; 6-0, placed horizontally; 6-3, placed horizontally; 6-4, placed vertically.
Greater Than (3): Everything in this space must be greater than 3. The answer is 6-4, placed vertically.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for Sept. 26 Pips
Number (6): Everything in this space must add to 6. The answer is 6-5, placed horizontally.
Number (9): Everything in this space must add to 9. The answer is 3-4, placed horizontally; 5-1, placed horizontally.
Number (10): Everything in this space must add to 10. The answer is 6-1, placed vertically; 4-2, placed horizontally.
Number (1): Everything in this space must add to 1. The answer is 1-0, placed vertically; 0-0, placed horizontally.
Number (15): Everything in this space must add to 15. The answer is 6-5, placed horizontally; 5-5, placed horizontally.
Number (3): Everything in this space must add to 3. The answer is 5-1, placed horizontally; 4-3, placed horizontally.
Number (0): Everything in this space must add to 0. The answer is 0-0, placed horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for Sept. 26 Pips
Number (2): Everything in this space must add to 2. The answer is 5-2, placed vertically.
Not Equal: Everything in this space must be different. The answer is 3-4, placed vertically; 3-5, placed vertically.
Number (2): Everything in this space must add to 2. The answer is 4-2, placed vertically.
Less Than (2): Everything in this space must be less than 2. The answer is 1-0, placed vertically.
Less Than (2): Everything in this space must be less than 2. The answer is 0-2, placed vertically.
Less Than (2): Everything in this space must be less than 2. The answer is 1-4, placed vertically.
Equal (4): Everything in this space must be equal to 4. The answer is 3-4, placed vertically; 4-2, placed vertically; 1-4, placed vertically
Equal (0): Everything in this space must be equal to 0. The answer is 1-0, placed horizontally; 0-0, placed horizontally; 0-6, placed vertically.
Number (22): Everything in this space must add to 2. The answer is 2-6, placed vertically; 0-6, placed vertically; 5-5, placed horizontally.
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