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NYT Pips hints, answers for April 16, 2026<\/h1>\n
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Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times<\/em><\/a> catalogue.<\/p>\n

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

Currently, if you’re stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move on to the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you covered! Below are piecemeal answers that will serve as hints so that you can find your way through each difficulty level.<\/p>\n

How to play Pips<\/h2>\n

If you’ve ever played dominoes, you’ll have a passing familiarity with how Pips<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:<\/span>Wordle today: Answer, hints for April 16, 2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

The conditions you have to meet are specific to the color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, every side of a tile in that space must add up to the number provided. It is possible \u2014 and common \u2014 for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space.<\/p>\n

Here are common examples you’ll run into across the difficulty levels:<\/p>\n