NYT Pips Guides Roll Out for Oct. 22–23 as Hard Puzzles Prove Tricky

Overview

• Forbes published detailed step-by-step solutions for Oct. 22 puzzles and posted Thursday’s Oct. 23 walkthrough with exact tile placements.
• Mashable issued date-specific hints and full answers for Oct. 22 across Easy, Medium, and Hard without revealing the entire grid at once.
• Both outlets describe recent Medium and Hard boards as unusually challenging, prompting greater reliance on external guides.
• Coverage reiterates Pips’ color-coded constraint system that requires placing every domino to satisfy equality, inequality, and total requirements.
• Common strategies highlighted include counting available pips, reserving high-value tiles for large totals, and anchoring doubles and equality groups.