Today’s NYT Pips puzzle was difficult to solve and if you are someone who has been solving the puzzles for some time now, you will find the hard difficulty mode, quite challenging compared to other days. If you are stuck on solving the puzzle today and are unable to solve the puzzle despite rotating dominoes left, right, and center, we are here to help you. Scroll below to check out today’s NYT Pips hints and answers for February 12, 2026.
Today’s Easy Pips Answer
This is definitely the easiest of all three NYT Pips puzzles of the day. Consider it as a warm-up before you finally reach out to solve the Hard Pips puzzle for today. Check out the answer for today’s NYT Pips easy puzzle.
Click on a domino to place it on the board OR click on a cell on the board to show the domino.
- Place the 0/4 domino vertically in the first column in purple and orange boxes, with 0 pips in the purple box. Below it, place the 2/3 domino horizontally, with 2 pips in the dark blue box and 3 in the green box.
- Coming back to the first row, put the 0/5 domino horizontally in purple and pink boxes. In the third column, place the 5/3 domino vertically, with 5 pips in the pink box and 3 in the green box at the bottom.
- Lastly, in the light blue boxes on the right, place the 1/1 domino vertically.
If you are fond of NYT games, also check out today’s Wordle hints and answers and today’s NYT Connections hints and answers.
Today’s Medium Pips Answer
Well, thankfully, today’s Medium NYT Pips puzzle was not so difficult to solve. Its unique shape made it easy to figure out the dominoes to place. If you are not able to solve it on your own, check out today’s Medium Pips hints and answer below.
Click on a domino to place it on the board OR click on a cell on the board to show the domino.
- Place the 2/2 domino horizontally in purple boxes at the top. Below it, place the 0/6 domino horizontally with 0 pips in the pink box and 6 in the light blue box.
- In the fourth column, place the 2/3 domino vertically in purple and orange boxes, with 2 pips in the purple box.
- Move to the left side of the puzzle and place the 6/2 domino vertically in dark blue boxes. Place 0/0 domino vertically adjacent to it.
- Move to the right side and put 3/4 domino horizontally in orange and green boxes, with 3 pips in the orange box and 4 in the green box.
- Lastly, place the 2/4 domino horizontally in the bottom row, in the vacant spot.
Today’s Hard Pips Answer
Here comes the most challenging puzzle of the day. If you are facing issues in solving the hardest difficulty level, check out the hints and answers for today’s Pips hard puzzle. We have also given the steps to solve the puzzle if you want to solve it on your own.
Click on a domino to place it on the board OR click on a cell on the board to show the domino.
- On the top of the puzzle on left, place the 5/3 domino vertically, with 5 pips in the purple box and 3 in pink. Adjacent to it, place the 5/6 domino, with 5 pips in purple box and 6 in the light blue box.
- Again, in the pink boxes in the first row, place the 3/3 domino vertically. Now, in the blue boxes in the second column, place the 6/6 domino horizontally. Below it, place the 0/0 domino horizontally.
- Next, in the third row, in light blue and orange boxes, place the 6/0 domino horizontally. Below it, place the 6/1 domino horizontally in light blue and green boxes.
- In the last column in orange and green boxes, place the 0/5 domino vertically, with 0 pips in the orange box.
- In first and second column, place the 3/4 domino horizontally in pink and purple boxes. Below it, place the 0/4 domino horizontally. In the first column, place the 0/1 domino vertically, with 0 pips in the light blue box. Adjacent to it, place the 4/1 domino vertically.
- Coming to the right part of the puzzle, put 1/2 domino vertically in orange and dark blue boxes. Below it, place the 2/5 domino vertically.
- Lastly, place the 2/4 domino in the vacant spot.
Now that you know how to solve today’s Pips puzzle, you can check out yesterday’s NYT Pips hints and answers.
How to Play NYT Pips
We know you are here to see today’s Pips answer, so you naturally know how to play the game. But there is no harm in going over and refreshing the rules. So, we have mentioned how to play the NYT Pips game in easy steps below. Go over these rules before you play the puzzle game again tomorrow.
- NYT Pips involves arranging dominoes while fulfilling certain conditions in the grid.
- You start by placing the dominoes to fulfill conditions. Click on the dominoes below the puzzle to rotate them, and then drag them to the position you want to place them.
- There are three difficulty levels for the NYT Pips puzzle – Easy, Medium, and Hard.
- Every domino must be used, and every condition must be satisfied to win the game. In the second row, place the 2/0 domino horizontally with 2 pips in the purple box.
If a colored box has a number as its condition, it means the sum of the dominoes in that colored grid must be equal to the said number. If you see ‘=’ as the condition, it means the pips in the highlighted grid must be equal to each other.
Similarly, the not equal condition means that the pips must not be equal to each other. For example, you cannot place two pips with the same dominoes in this grid.
Tips and Tricks to Master NYT Pips
NYT Pips requires critical thinking and reasoning. But there are some tips and tricks you can follow to master the puzzle game.
- Start with basic restrictions like ‘=’ or the sum of numbers. Try placing dominoes with the same denominations to satisfy the ‘=’ restriction. That will help in minimizing the pips you have to adjust.
- Moreover, 0 or 1 conditions are easiest to place as there are limited number of pips that will satisfy these conditions.
- While it is important to see where pips fit, it is most important to know where certain pips won’t fit. That makes it easy for you eliminate the number of pips you have to fit.
NYT Pips puzzles used to be simpler and easier to solve before, but the games have become difficult over the years. We update this page every day with Pips easy, medium, and hard hints and answers, so bookmark this page and return to Beebom Puzzles for the latest solutions.
You can find the Pips hints and answer for February 11, 2026, above.
To be good at NYT Pips, learn the number and color rules first, then lock in obvious domino placements and use elimination for tougher spots. Daily practice builds pattern recognition, and a Pips Solver can help with hints or solution checks when puzzles get tricky.
Yes. A single tile can cover two regions, with each half meeting a different rule, which is a key strategy on harder Pips boards.
