Mashable offers NYT Pips hints and answers for January 22, 2026

Mashable published a guide with hints and answers for the New York Times game Pips for January 22, 2026. The Pips game was released in August 2025. Pips plays similarly to dominoes: tiles are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other, but touching tiles do not necessarily have to match.

The game uses color-coded spaces with conditions such as Number (all pips add to a number), Equal, Not Equal, Less than, and Greater than, and it is common for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space. Easy answers (Jan. 22): Equal (6) – 6-1, placed vertically; 6-2, placed horizontally.

Equal (1) – 6-1, placed vertically; 1-1, placed horizontally. Less Than (3) – 4-2, placed horizontally. Medium answers: Equal (0) – 6-0, placed vertically; 0-1, placed vertically. Equal (1) – 0-1, placed vertically; 2-1, placed horizontally; 1-3, placed vertically. Equal (2) – 2-1, placed horizontally; 2-2, placed vertically.

Greater Than (3) – 6-6, placed horizontally. Hard answers: Number (10) – 2-6, placed vertically; 4-0, placed vertically. Less Than (2) – 4-0, placed vertically; 0-3, placed horizontally. Equal (4) – 4-4, placed horizontally; 4-3, placed vertically. Number (9) – 0-3, placed horizontally; 5-6, placed vertically.

Key Topics

Culture, Pips, Dominoes, Mahjong, Sudoku