NYT Pips Hints and Answers for December 24 (Easy, Medium, & Hard)

Stuck on today's Pips puzzle? Released in August 2025, the New York Times' latest domino-style game is becoming a daily habit for puzzle lovers everywhere. If the game's official 'reveal all' hint isn't helping you learn, we've got you covered with piecemeal hints and answers for the December 24 board.

How to Play Pips

Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes. Instead of matching numbers, you must place tiles to satisfy conditions within colored spaces on the board. For example, a space might require all the pips (dots) within it to add up to a specific number. If a space has no color coding, there are no special rules for that area.

Pips Hints & Answers for Dec. 24

Easy Difficulty

Equal (2): 0-2 (vertically), 2-6 (vertically)Greater Than (3): 4-6 (vertically)Number (12): 4-6 (horizontally), 6-3 (vertically)Number (6): 2-6 (vertically)Number (1): 1-3 (horizontally)Equal (3): 1-3 (horizontally), 6-3 (vertically)

Medium Difficulty

Equal (1): 1-3 (horizontally), 1-4 (vertically)Number (3): 1-3 (horizontally), 0-4 (horizontally)Number (4): 0-4 (horizontally)Equal (0): 0-0 (vertically)Number (4): 1-4 (vertically)Number (4): 0-1 (vertically), 4-3 (horizontally)Greater Than (7): 5-5 (horizontally), 4-3 (horizontally)

Hard Difficulty

Number (12): 3-3 (horizontally), 6-5 (vertically)Number (6): 6-4 (horizontally)Number (4): 4-2 (vertically)Number (12): 6-4 (horizontally), 4-0 (vertically), 4-3 (vertically)Number (5): 6-5 (vertically)Equal (2): 4-2 (vertically), 2-3 (horizontally)Number (11): 2-3 (horizontally), 3-0 (horizontally), 1-5 (horizontally)Number (2): 1-5 (horizontally), 1-2 (vertically)Number (0): 0-5 (vertically)Number (0): 4-0 (vertically), 3-0 (horizontally)Number (11): 0-5 (vertically), 1-6 (horizontally)