NYT Pips hints, answers for April 22, 2026

Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalog.

Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

Currently, if you get stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move to the next difficulty level and start again. However, we have what you need! Below you’ll find piecemeal answers that will serve as clues to help you navigate your way through each difficulty level.

How to play pips

If you have ever played dominoes, you will have some familiarity with how Pips are played. As we shared in our previous Pips cheats stories, tiles, like dominoes, are placed vertically or horizontally and connect to each other. The main difference between a traditional game of Dominoes and a game of Pips is the color-coded requirements you must meet. Tiles that touch do not necessarily have to match.

The conditions you must meet are specific to color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, each side of a tile in that space must match the number provided. It is possible – and common – for only half of a tile to be in a color-coded space.

Here are common examples you will encounter across the difficulty levels:

• Number: All pips in this space must add up to the number.

• Equal: Each half of a domino in this space must have the same number of pips.

• Not equal: Each half of a domino in this space must have a completely different number of pips.

• Less than: Each half of a domino in this space must total less than the number.

• Greater than: Each half of a domino in this space must total more than the number.

If an area has no color coding, this means that there are no conditions on the portions of dominoes in those spaces.

Easy Difficulty Tips, Answers for April 22 Pips

Greater than (3): Everything in this purple space must add up to more than 3. The answer is 4-5, placed vertically.

Number (20): Everything in this red space must add up to 20. The answer is 5-3, placed vertically; 1-5, placed vertically; 4-5, placed vertically; and 5-2, placed horizontally.

Equal (2): Each half of a domino in this light blue space must have 2 pips. The answer is 2-1, placed horizontally; 5-2, placed horizontally.

Number (1): Half of the domino in this yellow space must have 1 pip. The answer is 2-1, placed horizontally.

Greater than (2): Half of the domino in this dark blue space must have more than 2 pips. The answer is 5-3, placed vertically.

Medium Difficulty Tips, Answers for April 22 Pips

Equal (4): Each half of a domino in this purple space must have 4 pips. The answer is 4-4, placed horizontally.

Equal (0): Each half of a domino in this red space must have 0 points. The answer is 0-2, placed vertically; 0-4, placed vertically.

Less than (3): Half of the domino in this light blue space must have less than 3 pips. The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally.

Number (4): Everything in this yellow space must add up to 4. The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally; 0-2, placed vertically.

Equal (4): Each half of a domino in this dark blue space must have 4 pips. The answer is 0-4, placed vertically; 1-4, placed horizontally.

Greater than (4): Half of the domino in this green space must have more than 4 pips. The answer is 5-3, placed horizontally.

Number (4): Everything in this purple space must add up to 4. The answer is 5-3, placed horizontally; 1-4, placed horizontally.

Hard Difficulty Tips, Answers for April 22 Pips

Equal (1): Each half of a domino in this purple space must have 1 pip. The answer is 1-0, placed vertically; 1-6, placed horizontally.

Equal (6): Each half of a domino in this red space must have 6 pips. The answer is 1-6, placed horizontally; 6-4, placed vertically; and 6-0, placed horizontally.

Equal (0): Each half of a domino in this light blue space must have 0 points. The answer is 1-0, placed vertically; 0-2, placed horizontally.

Less than (2): Everything in this yellow space must total less than 2. The answer is 6-0, placed horizontally; 0-3, placed vertically.

Equal (4): Each half of a domino in this dark blue space must have 4 pips. The answer is 6-4, placed vertically; 4-3, placed horizontally.

Greater than (2): Half of the domino in this green space must have more than 2 pips. The answer is 3-2, placed horizontally.

Equal (2): Each half of a domino in this purple space must have 2 pips. The answer is 3-2, placed horizontally; 2-2, placed vertically.

Greater than (2): Half of the domino in this red space must have more than 2 pips. The answer is 4-3, placed horizontally.

Equal (3): Each half of a domino in this light blue space must have 3 pips. The answer is 0-3, placed vertically; 3-5, placed horizontally.

Greater than (2): Half of the domino in this yellow space must have more than 2 pips. The answer is 3-5, placed horizontally.

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