Today’s NYT -PIPS NYT -HINTS and SOLUTIONS FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22

Well, we were burned by the summer. Just like Wordel, PIPs was born in the summer and will hopefully flee in the fall. It is a great game and currently my favorite from all nyts -games -app -puzzles that I play every day. It reminds you in a completely different way. It is not so much about guessing (such as Wordel) or just finding words (such as strands) and although I really love connections, it still feels like an agent from every time I have four purple words and she just grouped because all that is left. PIPs add a low strategy and observation that is not present in one of these other games. Let’s solve the first pips of autumn!

Looking for Sunday‘S PIPS? Read our guide here.

How to play pips

In Pips you have a grid of multicolored boxes. Each colored area represents a different “condition” that you must reach. You have a select number of dominoes that you have to spend on filling in the grid. You must use any domino and reach any condition correctly to win. There are easy, medium and difficult levels.

Here is an example of difficult tier -pips:

As you can see, the schedule has a number of symbols and numbers with every color. On the far left, the three purple squares are not allowed to be equal to each other (hence the equal sign crossed). The two pink squares next to it must be the same as a total of 0. The zigzagging blue squares must all be the same. You click on Domino’s to rotate them, and that must be necessary because they have to be turned to fit where they belong.

Not shown on this grid are other conditions, such as “less than” or “bigger than”. If there are several tiles with> or

• = All PIPs must be equal in this group.
• ≠ All pips may not be equal in this group.
• > The pip in this tile (or tiles) must be larger than the stated number.
• An exact number (such as 6) The PIP must be equal to this exact number.
• Tiles without disorders can be something.

To win, you have to use all your Domino’s by filling in all the squares and ensuring that you match each condition. Play the Pips -Puzzle of today here.

Today’s Pips solution

Below are the solutions for the easy and medium -sized tier pips. Then I will lead you through the difficult puzzle. Spoilers forward.

Simple

Medium

Difficult

Let’s do a complete Walkthrough of the difficult pips of today. It starts as follows:

This is clearly the letter “P” such as in pips or pips checks. Or that or it is the layout of an apartment that you are considering renting. As far as these go, no terribly complex pips.

Step 1

The two things we know are where in the first blush are: the pink 0 group requires five empty tiles, and we only have five, so every empty tile must go in pink 0 from another group or tile.

Because this is the case, the Green 4 group must use all our 1 PIP tiles, because there are only four and we cannot save an empty tile.

I placed the 1/1 Domino at the very bottom, then the 1/0 up in pink 0 and the 1/3 in Orange 6. Then I placed the 3/0 of Orange 6 in pink 0.

Step 2

The difficult part is now finding out how we can use our remaining dominoes to fulfill the Purple 9 group at the top. Based on what we still have, the Blue = Group 3s must be. And based on our remaining empty tiles, we must be careful with placement. I had to juggle things a few times to get this right. In short, because we don’t have any more 3/0 tiles, we have to use a 4 and a 5 to complete the purple 9.

With that in mind I placed the 4/0 Domino of Purple 9 down in pink 0 and the 2/0 Domino of the free tile in pink 0.

Step 3

I ended the Purple 9 by placing the reserve 3/5 Domino in the free tile and then used the 6/0 Domino of Dark Blue> 4 in pink 0, which also took that group.

Solution

Two dominos left. I placed the 3/3 Domino in blue = and the 3/2 of Blue = in the final free tile, and that is a wrap!

Although these pips stumble me for a while – I was not sure at first if Purple 9 could be a 6/3 combination or a 5/4 combo, I could come here without too much messing around. How did you do it?

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