Pips, a puzzle according to the New York Times is gaining popularity among puzzle enthusiasts. This daily challenge is suitable to you in case you like logic and number games. The following is a hints and tips guide to enabling you to solve the pips puzzle on November 4, 2025.
What is Pips
Pips is a logic game played with domino like tiles covered on each side with numbers. The aim is to fit the tiles on the grid in the right position using some rules. In some parts, the sum should be to a certain amount, whereas some parts have to have an equal or similar number.
Pips is, unlike word games, premised on logic and reasoning. The puzzles are of three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Players are able to select the one that suits.
How to Solve Today’s Puzzle
In order to resolve the Pips puzzle, pay attention to logic and little steps. The following are some of the tips that may help in this day challenge:
Take corners or that side of the grid which has fewer choices.
Find areas with distinct conditions, e.g., an absolute sum or equality rule.
Use process of elimination. When one square of the domino is laid down, it narrows possibilities of adjacent spaces.
Take things one step at a time and experiment. In the case that something does not fit take it out and re-insert.
Do the one that is easy first to get your brain warmed up then the other tougher puzzle.
These minor logical steps are able to figure out even the hardest levels.
Easy Puzzle Hints
The simplest version of Pips is a good beginning. In this tier, make emphasis on areas which have equal counts. Find similar patterns in which the two parts of the domino have to be identical. The rest is then easy to answer in order to fill up those spaces.
Medium Puzzle Hints
Sums of numbers are important in the medium puzzle. When a section says that it has to add up to a specific amount, you can go and test a few different combinations and see which domino works most effectively. Consider the remaining numbers that are still to be used and those that are already displayed on the board.
The trick lies herein in balancing the sum of each coloured or boxed area and to have all the dominos in logical contact.
Hard Puzzle Hints
The hard level involves patience. Other rules in this version are a requirement that a certain tile be greater than or less than a certain tile. Begin with cases of unique possibilities.
Note down the already used tiles. Compare sections logically to avoid leaving gaps by using logic to find which side of the grid limits the other.
Tips for Better Solving
Always remember to check that all the rules on the board are followed.
Concentrate on a single part at a time as opposed to multitasking.
Don’t rush. Thinking is a good way to ease the logical puzzles.
Write down or record small pencil marks or notes to follow up the possible numbers in case you are solving out on paper.
Why People Enjoy Pips
Pips is entertaining as it makes you think logically as opposed to using vocabulary or trivia. It teaches the mind to identify patterns and correlations. Most of the players declare that it is both rewarding and relaxing when you find the last domino to slot in.
Challenges in the daily puzzles also increase as the week goes on hence with practice you can be able to do it with time.
The November 4 Pips puzzle has a fair balance of difficulty and entertainment. The simple level is one that gets you familiar with it, the medium level is the one that challenges your brain and the difficult level is the one that actually challenges your patience and reasoning.
I suggest to both a beginner and an expert solver that by taking the following easy steps you will find it easier to solve all the three puzzles. You can be slow, you can rely on your judgment and you will experience the gratification of completing the grid.