Today’s NYT Pips puzzle brings a fun domino-style challenge with smart logic rules and color-based conditions. If you’re stuck on Easy, Medium, or Hard mode, here are simple hints and answers to help you solve today’s puzzle quickly.
🧩 What is NYT Pips?
NYT Pips is a New York Times puzzle inspired by dominoes. You place tiles on the board while following special rules like equal numbers, totals, greater than, or less than conditions.
✅ Easy Mode – Hints & Answers (Feb 8, 2026)
Hints:
- Focus on small numbers like 0, 2, and 4.
- Match tiles based on “equal” and “greater than” rules.
Answers:
- 3-0 (horizontal)
- 0-0 (vertical)
- 5-2 (horizontal)
- 2-2 (horizontal)
- 1-4 (vertical)
- 4-4 (horizontal)
✅ Medium Mode – Hints & Answers
Hints:
- Combine tiles carefully to match equal and number rules.
- Watch totals like 0 and values greater than 8.
Answers:
- 3-2, 3-3
- 1-1, 1-0
- 2-6, 6-4
- 4-0, 4-4
- 2-4
✅ Hard Mode – Hints & Answers
Hints:
- Look for high totals like 11, 18, and 22.
- Mix vertical and horizontal tiles strategically.
Answers:
- 2-5, 2-1
- 6-2, 0-0, 6-0, 0-1
- 6-4
- 5-5, 6-6, 6-3
- 4-4, 5-4, 5-3