NYT Pips Hints, Walkthrough And Solutions — Wednesday, October 15

NYT Pips Hints, Walkthrough And Solutions — Wednesday, October 15

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It’s great outside. A little breezy, a little humid with lingering clouds from all the rainy days we’ve had. It’s cold enough to be nice, and I still haven’t packed. And the papers! The leaves are all changing now. The streets and lawns are covered in yellow and orange. It’s totally a thing. And fleeting, of course. However, points today are a real mess. Let’s tear it down! (Okay, you can’t knock down dominoes with dots, but that’s how I learned about dominoes..)

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How to play points

In Pips, you have a grid of multi-colored boxes. Each colored area represents a different “condition” that you must fulfill. You have a set number of dominoes that you have to spend filling the grid. You must use each domino and fulfill each condition correctly to win. There are easy, medium and difficult levels.

Here is an example of difficulty level points:

As you can see, the grid contains a set of symbols and numbers with each color. On the far left, the three purple squares should not be equal to each other (hence the equal sign is crossed out). The two pink squares next to it should total 0. The two blue squiggly squares should equal each other. You can click on the dominoes to rotate them, and you will need to since they have to be rotated to fit where they belong.

Other terms, such as “less than” or “greater than,” do not appear in this grid. If there are multiple tiles marked > or <, the total of those tiles must be greater or less than the number listed. Varies by network. Empty spaces can contain anything. The various possible conditions are:

  • = All points must be equal to each other in this set.
  • ≠ All points must not be equal to each other in this group.
  • > The point in this box (or boxes) must be greater than the number listed.
  • < The point in this box must be less than the number mentioned.
  • A specific number (such as 6) where the point must equal this exact number.
  • Tiles without conditions can be anything.

In order to win, you will have to use all your dominoes by filling all the squares, making sure they fit each condition. Play Dots Puzzle today here.

Today’s NYT Pips: Tips, Answers, and Walkthroughs

Below are the solutions for easy and medium points. Next, I’ll guide you through the difficult puzzle. Spoilers ahead.

easy

Mediation

difficult

Here are the difficult points today:

Today’s point is, well, a point. All four letters make up the four separate sections of this puzzle. Fortunately, this makes it very easy to know where to start, although it does get more difficult towards the end.

Step 1

We know that the 6/0 domino must move to the orange >3 down to the green 0 and that the 0/0 domino must move to the remaining green 0 squares. Binaries are a great place to start if you have places that require it, like single file sets like this. This fills in the letter “I” but the letter “S” also requires a double digit and we are left with only one.

Place the 3/3 domino in the orange color = and then place the 3/2 domino in the green color =. Then place the 2/0 domino of green = in the purple 0 tile.

Step 2

As I said, starting is easy. It’s the double P that makes these points difficult. You can start with either, but I chose the second P first, placing a domino 2/6 from Dark Blue 2 to Pink 12. This is another spot that can only work with that specific domino. Next, place a domino 6/4 from pink 12 to blue 9 and a domino 3/1 from blue 3 to dark blue 1. Place a domino 5/2 from blue 9 to orange 2 and a domino 0/1 from orange 2 to dark blue 1. Now we only have one letter left!

solution

The tricky thing about these two sections of today’s points is that you can fill the first “P” with different dominoes, but when you get to the second section, you won’t have the correct points left. I had to start over on this section because I couldn’t get the last tile to work.

Anyway, start with a domino 2/4 from pink>2 to purple 4. Next, place a domino 5/4 from dark blue 10 to purple 8 and a domino 5/1 from dark blue 10 to blue 4.

Finally, place a domino 1/4 from purple 8 to pink 2 and a domino 1/3 from pink 2 to blue 4 and you’re all done!

I like these types of points that are a little different. This is very clever and very challenging, although not as difficult as we’ve seen over the past few weeks. How did you do?

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