NYT Pips Hints & Answers for September 18

Pips, NYT’s new domino-inspired puzzle game (launched August 2025), has become a daily hit—but there’s a catch: when you get stuck, there are no useful NYT Pips hints. You have to reveal the whole puzzle and restart at the next difficulty. That’s where our NYT Pips hints come in.​

Ready for today’s NYT Pips hints? They’re right here—check them out below!

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Easy Difficulty: NYT Pips Hint & Answer

• 1. Place the 6/0 domino from Purple 6 into Teal 0
• 2. Place the 0/0 domino into Purple 6
• 3. Place the 3/0 from Pink = into Teal 0

Medium Difficulty: NYT Pips Hint & Answer

• Orange = is the breakthrough point, and only point 2 can meet the requirements. In accordance with the requirements of the Purple 4, consider point 4 as the first step.
• 1. Place the 4/5 domino vertically From Purple 4 into Teal 20
• 2. Place the 0/2 horizontally From Dark Blue <3 into Orange =
• 3. Place the 6/2 From Teal 20 into Orange =
• 4.Place the 4/2 From Teal 20 into Orange =
• 5.Place the 0/3 From Purple 4 into Pink ≠

Hard Difficulty: NYT Pips Hint & Answer

• The Teal = area spanning five cells is the breakthrough point. and only point 2 can meet the requirements.
• 1. Place the 1/1 domino vertically into Green 2
• 2. Place the 2/2 vertically into Teal = at the very bottom
• 3. Place the 5/0 domino from Blue 10 into Pink 0
• 4. Place the 5/2 domino from Blue 10 into Teal =
• 5. Place the 4/2 domino horizontally from Orange >3 to Teal =
• 6. Place the 1/2 domino from Purple 2 to Teal =
• 7. Place the 1/5 domino from Purple 2 to Pink >4
• 8. Place the 3/5 domino from Teal = to Purple 10