The interactive solver above contains the July 24, 2026 NYT Pips boards for Easy, Medium, and Hard. Switch difficulty, place one correct domino, reveal the next move, or uncover the complete layout.
How to use the July 24, 2026 Pips solver
Keep each difficulty tab independent: progress on one board does not reveal another. Click a tray piece or board cell for a targeted placement, then return to the original puzzle and continue solving.
Start with the tightest colored regions. Exact sums, equality constraints, and strict greater-than or less-than conditions usually eliminate more domino placements than an unconstrained region.
How NYT Pips works
Pips is a daily domino-placement puzzle. Every cell must be covered, each domino is used once, and colored regions impose conditions on the pip values they contain.
There is no guessing penalty in the solver above. Clear the board whenever you want to try a different route, or reveal pieces progressively when one constraint has stalled your solve.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I use this Pips page without seeing every answer?
- Yes. Answers stay behind individual reveal controls, so you can uncover one letter, group, word, domino, square, or clue at a time.
- Are all three Pips difficulties included?
- Yes, when the API publishes them. Easy, Medium, and Hard stay together on one dated page and can be switched with the difficulty tabs.
- Where can I find past Pips answers?
- Open the Pips archive linked on this page and choose any available date. Each archived puzzle has its own permanent answer page.