Media Keep Pips Players Solving With Daily Hints and Walkthroughs for Sept. 18–19

With only a full-board reveal inside NYT Games, many turn to third-party guides for incremental help.

Overview

Pips, launched in August 2025 by NYT Games, is a domino-style daily logic puzzle with Easy, Medium and Difficult tiers.
Mashable posted date-specific hints and exact tile placements for Thursday, September 18 across all three difficulties.
Forbes published Friday, September 19 solutions, featuring a detailed Difficult-tier walkthrough with strategy notes and screenshots.
In-app assistance currently reveals the entire solved board rather than stepwise hints, driving players to external guides.
Gameplay hinges on rotating and placing every domino to satisfy color-coded regions that set number, equal/not-equal and greater/less-than conditions.