NYT Pips Hints & Answers for September 21

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!

And if you crave more Pips fun after using our hints, our website has you covered. Unlike NYT’s 3 daily games across 3 difficulty levels, we offer 5 difficulty tiers every day. You also get unlimited Pips gameplay (no daily caps!) and can use our AI tool to create your very own game.

Easy Difficulty: NYT Pips Hint & Answer

• 1. Place the 3/4 domino vertically from Blank into Teal 4
• 2. Place the 0/1 domino vertically from Blank into Purple 2
• 3. Place the 1/2 from Purple 2 into Orange 5
• 4. Place the 3/6 from Orange 5 into Purple 6

Medium Difficulty: NYT Pips Hint & Answer

• 1. Place the 2/2 domino vertically into Purple 4
• 2. Place the 5/6 vertically from Teal <6 into Blue 42
• 3. Place the 6/3 vertically from Blue 42 into Purple <4
• 4.Place the 1/6 horizontally from Green <2 into Blue 42
• 5.Place the 6/4 vertically from Blue 42 into Pink <5
• 6.Place the 6/6 vertically into Blue 42
• 7.Place the 6/2 from Blank into Teal <3

Hard Difficulty: NYT Pips Hint & Answer

• 1. Place the 3/6 domino vertically from Green 3 into Orange >4
• 2. Place the 5/2 vertically from Pink ≠ into Blue 2
• 3. Place the 0/0 domino from into Green 0
• 4. Place the 5/4 domino from Teal 5 to Pink ≠ and place the 6/0 from Pink ≠ to Green 0
• 5. Place the 1/2 domino vertically from Orange 1 into Pink ≠
• 6. Place the 3/4 domino from Pink ≠ to Purple 4
• 7. Place the 3/1 domino vertically from Pink 3 to Purple <4
• 8. Place the 4/4 domino into Purple = at the top
• 9. Place the 6/7 domino into Blue 18 at the top