Yesterday’s NYT Pips answer was quite challenging to solve, especially the hard difficulty puzzle. One side of yesterday’s puzzle was easy, in fact, but the other side was tough to guess. I had to rotate the dominoes vertically and horizontally multiple times before achieving the answer for yesterday’s NYT Pips. If you are in the same boat as me, check out yesterday’s NYT Pips hints and answers for January 21, 2026.
Yesterday’s Easy Pips Answer
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- Place the 4/4 domino in the top left corner with ‘4’ as a restriction. Next, rotate and place the 5/4 domino to its right.
- Pick the domino with 0/0 dominoes and place it in the bottom right corner with the ‘0’ sum condition.
- Pick up the 2/3 domino and place it with the 3 pip in the ‘>7’ restriction position.
- Lastly, rotate the 2/1 domino vertically and place it in the bottom left corner.
Yesterday’s Medium Pips Answer
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Yesterday’s Pip medium was a little tricky due to the different restrictions, but the ‘6’ sum is a good condition to start.
- First, place the 6/0 domino vertically, with 6 pip in the purple section and 0 in the blue section.
- Next, place the 5/0 domino right above the 6/0 domino, with the 0 pip in the purple section.
- Now, place the 0/1 domino vertically along with the 3/4 domino horizontally to meet the 4 sum conditions on the bottom of the left square.
- As for the square on the right, pick the 4/2 domino and place it in the blue and orange section with four pips falling in the orange block.
- Rotate and place the 2/2 domino in the blue section on the right to fulfill the ‘=’ restriction.
- Place the final domino with 2 pips in the bottom right, crossing into the green >3 section.
- Finally, rotate and place the 6/5 domino in the top right corner of the puzzle grid.
Yesterday’s Hard Pips Answer
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- Yesterday’s Pips Hard was actually difficult, to say the least. Start with the 4/2 domino and place it on the top. Next, rotate the 2/1 domino and place it below the 4/2 domino you just placed.
- To complete the ‘5’ restriction in the orange section, place the 4/0 domino next to it.
- Next, pick the 1/4 domino and place it at the bottom right section of the puzzle. Pick up the 4/6 domino and place it below the 1/4 domino.
- Rotate the 6/5 domino and place it vertically in the purple and orange colored sections.
- Next, rotate the 5/0 domino and place it adjacent to the orange block with ‘=’ restriction.
- Place the 3/0 domino in the left-most corner and then put the 3/5 domino vertically to fulfill the ‘>4’ restriction next to it.
- Finally, the remaining dominoes are 1/0 and 0/0, which are fairly easy to place.
We hope that this walkthrough helped you in reaching yesterday’s Pip answer. If you’re still unsure of how the game fully works, use our how to play NYT Pips guide to understand the game rules and mechanics.
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