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Kaycee Hill

The New York Times has dropped a new puzzle game — here's how to play Pips

Apple App Store Awards Winner NYT Games.

The New York Times has added another puzzle to its growing collection of daily games. Pips is a domino-based logic puzzle that challenges players to fill a board while meeting specific regional conditions, combining spatial reasoning with mathematical constraints.

Unlike Wordle or Connections, Pips requires understanding domino mechanics and regional rules simultaneously. The game presents varying difficulty levels and uses color-coded regions with different mathematical requirements that must be satisfied to complete each puzzle.

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