NYT Pips Jan. 21: Forbes Walkthroughs and Mashable Hints Deliver Today’s Solutions

Overview

• Forbes writer Erik Kain published Jan. 21 solutions for the Easy and Medium Pips and a detailed Hard walkthrough, noting the day’s letter outcomes as “TOO” and “OWL.”
• The Hard guide flags the Dark Blue 3 region’s two viable domino options and opens by placing the day’s only double in the Purple equals group before chaining subsequent moves.
• Mashable released piecemeal hints and complete answers for all three Jan. 21 difficulties, summarizing common rule types and recommended tile orientations.
• Both outlets reiterate that Pips is a daily NYT Games puzzle built on domino placements constrained by color-coded conditions across Easy, Medium and Hard tiers.
• The latest posts continue the daily series after Jan. 20’s guide, which described the Hard grid as resembling two microscopes and set the large Orange equals group to twos.