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New York Times Pips Puzzle Solutions and Walkthrough for April 6
The New York Times released Pips puzzles for April 6, including Easy, Medium, and Hard tiers. Players use dominoes to fill a grid while meeting conditions such as equality, inequality, and numerical thresholds for colored areas. Forbes provided hints, solutions, and a step-by-step walkthrough for the Hard puzzle.
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Pips is a New York Times puzzle game where players fill a grid of multicolored boxes using a limited set of dominoes. Each colored area represents a condition that must be met, such as all pips equaling one another, not equaling, being greater than or less than a number, or matching an exact number.
Tiles without conditions can contain any value. Players rotate dominoes to fit them into the grid and must use all dominoes to win. Puzzles are available in Easy, Medium, and Hard tiers. The game launched as part of the New York Times puzzle offerings, with daily challenges.
On April 6, the puzzles followed Easter, marking a return to the standard Monday schedule.
in Pips include: equals (=) for identical pips in a group; not equals (≠) for differing pips; greater than (>) for pips exceeding a specified number; less than (<) for pips below a number; and exact numbers for precise matches. Blank spaces accept any domino value.
Grids vary by puzzle, with symbols and numbers indicating requirements for each color. Dominoes feature pips from 0 to 6, often in pairs like double-six or mixed values. Players click to rotate them for proper placement. Solutions may be unique or allow multiple configurations, depending on the grid.
the Easy tier on April 6, the solution involves placing dominoes to satisfy basic equality and numerical conditions in a small grid. The Medium tier requires filling a larger grid with mixed conditions, including inequalities and exact matches. The Hard puzzle presents a complex grid with multiple colors and overlapping conditions.
It includes purple squares that must not equal, pink squares totaling 0, zig-zagging blue squares equaling each other, green and purple spots for exact 6 and 11 totals, orange for 7, and dark blue less than 6.
the Hard Pips for April 6, start by placing a 6/4 domino from the green 6 spot into the blue equals area. Follow with a 4/0 domino from blue equals to orange equals, and fill the remaining blue equals with a 4/4 double. Place the 0/0 double in dark blue equals.
