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Mashable and Tom’s Guide Post Nov. 5 NYT ‘Pips’ Answers, Including a Full Hard-Mode Walkthrough

With no partial-hint option in Pips, players are turning to third‑party guides for stepwise strategies.

Overview

  • Mashable published piecemeal hints and complete placements for the Nov. 5 Easy, Medium and Hard Pips puzzles.
  • Tom’s Guide provided illustrated solutions and a detailed, reasoning-led walkthrough for the Hard board by reporter Scott Younker.
  • Pips uses a grid of color-coded zones that set conditions such as equal, not equal, greater than, less than or exact numeric totals.
  • Winning requires filling every square with all available domino tiles, and some harder puzzles can have multiple valid solutions.
  • The game only offers a full-puzzle reveal when stuck, prompting daily external guides, with Forbes also posting solutions for Nov. 6.