What is NYT Pips?
Pips is a domino puzzle from The New York Times. You get a small set of dominoes and a board split into coloured regions, each with a condition. One region might need its pips to add up to a certain number, another might need every number in it to be the same, and another to be all different. Your task is to place every domino so all the conditions are met at once. Because each domino covers two squares, often in two different regions, every placement affects its neighbours, and that is where the real puzzle lies. There are usually several difficulty levels each day, so you can start easy and work your way up. Launched in 2025, Pips is free to play and a refreshing change for people who like number puzzles but feel they have seen every kind of sudoku already.
How to play
- Drag each domino onto the board. You can rotate it.
- Every region has a rule, such as a target sum or all-equal numbers.
- The puzzle is solved when all dominoes are placed and every rule is met.
