NYT Pips hints, answers for September 26

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 = into Pink <3
• 2. Place the 6/3 domino from Purple = into Blank
• 3. Place the 6/4 vertically from Purple = into Teal >3

Medium Difficulty: NYT Pips Hint & Answer

• 1. Place the 6/5 domino from Purple 6 into Pink 15
• 2. Place the 5/5 into Pink 15
• 3. Place the 3/4 from Blank into Teal 9
• 4.Place the 5/1 from Teal 9 into Orange 3
• 5.Place the 6/1 vertically from Blue 10 into Green 1
• 6.Place the 4/2 from Blue 10 into Orange 3

Hard Difficulty: NYT Pips Hint & Answer

• 1. Place the 1/0 domino from Purple <2 into Pink =
• 2. Place the 0/2 vertically from Teal <2 into Blank
• 3. Place the 0/0 domino horizontally Pink =
• 4. Place the 0/6 domino from Pink = into Purple 22
• 5. Place the 2/6 domino vertically from Blank into Purple 22
• 6. Place the 5/5 domino into Purple 22
• 7. Place the 1/4 domino from Green <2 into Pink =
• 8. Place the 4/2 domino from Pink = into Teal 2 and Place the 3/5 from Blank into Blue ≠
• 9. Place the 5/2 domino from Blank into Orange 2

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