NYT Pips December 13: Full Solutions and a Hard-Mode Opening Published by Forbes and Mashable

Overview

• Forbes and Mashable released complete answers for the Easy, Medium, and Hard Pips puzzles for December 13.
• Forbes’ Hard walkthrough advises opening with 4s in the Purple “=” group, placing the 4/4 in the left two tiles and moving the 4/6 into Pink “> 2.”
• Mashable provides step-by-step placements across all tiers, documenting exact tile orientations such as Purple “= 4” with 4-4 and 4-6 horizontally on Hard.
• Both outlets explain core mechanics, including color-coded constraints like equal, not equal, greater than, less than, and exact-number requirements on domino halves.
• Forbes notes that some Pips layouts allow multiple valid solutions while others are uniquely solvable, shaping strategy and walkthrough detail.