NYT Pips Hints & Answers for September 16

Welcome to today's NYT Pips Hint! Today's puzzle requires careful attention to the placement of high-value dominoes in the corners.

Easy:

• Purple = indicates a breakthrough point, requiring four tiles to have identical numbers.
• 1. Place the 1/1 domino horizontally on the upper-right purple =
• 2. Place the 1/5 from Purple = into Pink 11
• 3. Place the 2/6 from Green 4 into Pink 11

Medium:

• Purple 4 is the breakthrough point, requiring the sum of the three tiles to equal 4.
• 1. Place the 2/2 domino vertically on the topmost Purple 4
• 2. Place the 2/0 From Purple 4 into Green =
• 3. Place the 5/2 From Green = into blank space
• 4.Place the 3/5 From Pink = into Green =

Hard:

• Green = is a breakthrough point requiring five tiles to have the same number, so we determine that 2’s have to be in the Blue = group.
• 1. Place the 2/4 domino from Green = into Blue ≠
• 2. Place the 2/5 from Green = into Orange 10 and the 5/5 domino from Orange 10 into the free tile.
• 3. Place the 2/1 domino at the bottom of Pink 4
• 4. Place the 6/1 domino from Purple = into Pink 4 and do the same with the 6/2 domino.

Remember: Every pips puzzle has a unique solution. Take your time and think logically through each placement!