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Looking for the New York Times Pips answers for Saturday, August 1, 2026? This page is an interactive solver for that day's Easy, Medium, and Hard boards — click a tray domino or a board cell and the right piece snaps in — plus a written step-by-step Hard walkthrough. This is the archived puzzle for that date.
Today's Pips hints
Treat the difficulty tabs and one-click placement as progressive hints — reveal only the squares you're stuck on, in whichever tier you're playing.
Difficulty boards
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Solver | Today's board will appear once this puzzle is synced. |
Pips answers for August 1, 2026
Solutions appear here once this date is synced from the NYT Pips feed.
For the official game, play at nytimes.com/games/pips.
How to play NYT Pips
Fill every cell on the board with the day's domino set. Each domino covers two adjacent squares (horizontal or vertical), and the colored regions carry conditions you have to satisfy — not just cover. There's no fail state: rearrange until every constraint checks out. A single domino can straddle two different colored regions, with each half answering to its own rule — that overlap is what makes the harder boards tricky.
| Mode | What's different |
|---|---|
| = (equals) | Every pip value inside the region must be the same number. |
| ≠ (unequal) | Every pip value inside the region must be different. |
| A number (sum) | The pips in the region must add up exactly to that target. |
| >n / <n | The region's pip sum must be strictly greater / less than the target. |
| Blank | No numeric rule — any legal domino covering those cells works. |
Tips for solving Pips faster
- Start with single-cell regions. A lone `>5` or `<1` forces a tiny set of pip values and often locks a whole domino in one move.
- Use equals (=) regions as anchors. Once one half lands in an `=` region, every other cell in that color must match it.
- Small sum regions are nearly as strong as singles. A two-cell sum of 0 must be blank-blank; a two-cell sum of 1 must be 0-1.
- Watch for doubles on Hard boards. Pieces like 0-0 and 6-6 only fit orientations that keep both halves legal — they narrow fast.
- Place one confident domino here to unstick yourself, then go back to the official board and finish the rest on your own.
What is NYT Pips?
NYT Pips is a daily domino logic puzzle from The New York Times. You place a set of dominoes on a colored board so every region satisfies its condition — equals, unequal, an exact sum, greater/less than, or blank. Three difficulties (Easy, Medium, Hard) unlock every local midnight. This page is an interactive solver: click a tray domino or a board cell and the correct piece snaps into place, so you get exactly as much help as you want.
Frequently asked questions
What is today's NYT Pips answer?
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How many dominoes are in today's Pips?
Domino counts appear once this puzzle is synced.
Who makes NYT Pips?
NYT Pips is built by a team of constructors and edited by Ian Livengood.
Is there a way to lose at Pips?
No — Pips has no fail state. You can rearrange dominoes as many times as you like until every region's condition is satisfied.
When does NYT Pips reset?
New Easy, Medium, and Hard puzzles unlock every day at midnight local time, and this page updates with the fresh solver and walkthrough.