NYT Pips Hint, Answer & Solution for December 6, 2025

Dec 6, 2025

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🎲 Today's Puzzle Overview

Saturday, December 6, 2025, rolls in with a festive burst of puzzle energy—right in the middle of the early holiday season—bringing a lively trio of Pips NYT challenges curated by editor Ian Livengood.

It’s the perfect day for solvers who enjoy swapping Pips Hints, sharing clever deductions, and comparing solution paths with friends as the weekend begins.

Easy #422, crafted by Livengood, sets a warm and welcoming tone for this December Saturday.

With its 12-sum opener, a tight less-than-5 cell, two distinct sum corridors, and a pair of empty anchors that shape early deduction flow, this puzzle practically invites conversation.

It’s the sort of grid where community threads instantly fill with comments like “Where did you start?”, making it a fan-favorite for group solving and friendly hint-trading.

Medium #423, designed by Rodolfo Kurchan, adds even more collaborative momentum.

A greater-than-4 gate, a vertical 5-sum trio, and an equals cluster nestled among multiple empties create a natural environment for shared reasoning.

Players love dissecting the puzzle’s branching choices, exchanging Pips Hints, and comparing which constraint broke the grid open for them.

Hard #424, also by Kurchan, closes the Saturday lineup with a full community-challenge experience.

Layered equals formations, several sum clusters, cleverly positioned greater-than checkpoints, and a tricky less-than-2 pair make this puzzle rich with “Aha!” moments—often celebrated in shared comment threads.

It’s the kind of finale where every solver’s breakthrough becomes a collective victory.

A festive early-December Saturday built for posting grids, sharing insights, swapping Pips Hints, and enjoying the thrill of solving together.

Written by Anna

Puzzle Analyst – Sophia

💡 Progressive Hints

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💡 Hint #1 - Observe

Dominoes Include: [6-5], [6-4], [6-2], [4-4], [3-3], [0-0]. The domino halves in Light Blue 6 region must be 3+3. The domino halves in Purple 12 region must be 6+6.

💡 Hint #1 - Observe

Dominoes Include: [5-5], [5-4], [4-0], [3-3], [3-1], [2-2], [1-0]. Based on the image, observe the shapes and domino pip counts.

💡 Hint #1 - Observe

Dominoes Include: [6-6], [6-0], [5-4], [5-3], [4-4], [4-1], [4-0], [3-0], [2-1], [2-0], [1-0], [0-0]. Only 2 dominoes with 2 pips (2-1, 2-0), need one for Yellow 2 region. [6-6] must be placed between Red 10 and Blue 8 regions.

💡 Hint #2 - Red 10

The domino halves in this region must be 4+6.

💡 Hint #3 - Blue 8

The domino halves in this region must be 6+2.

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Dec 6, 2025

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✅ Final Answer & Complete Solution For Hard Level

The key to solving today's hard puzzle was identifying the placement for the critical dominoes highlighted in the starting grid. Once those were in place, the rest of the puzzle could be solved logically. See the final grid below to compare your solution.

Starting Position & Key First Steps

Pips hint for December 6, 2025 – hard level puzzle grid with critical first placements and strategy

This image shows the initial puzzle grid for the hard level, with a few critical first placements highlighted.

Final Answer: The Solved Grid for Hard Mode

NYT Pips December 6, 2025 hard puzzle full solution grid showing final answer with hints

Compare this final grid with your own solution to see the correct placement of all dominoes.

🔧 Step-by-Step Answer Walkthrough For Easy Level

1

Step 1

Dominoes Include: [6-5], [6-4], [6-2], [4-4], [3-3], [0-0]

2

Step 2: Light Blue 6 --(Arrows ①)

Confirmed by neighboring region and step 1 and relative position. Need one domino sum to 6 placed in this region. The answer is 3-3, placed vertically.

3

Step 3: Yellow 2 + Purple 12 + Red <5 --(Arrows ②③)

Confirmed by neighboring region and remaining dominoes. The domino halves in Purple 12 region must be 6. The answer is 6-2 (2 into Yellow 2 region), placed vertically; 6-4 (4 into Red <5 region), placed horizontally.

4

Step 4: Purple 10 + Green 5 --(Arrows ④⑤⑥)

Confirmed by neighboring region and remaining dominoes. The domino halves in Purple 10 region must be 6+4. The domino halves in Green 5 region must be 5+0. The answer is 6-5 (5 into Green 5 region), placed vertically; 4-4 (one 4s down into blank), placed vertically; 0-0 (one 0s right into blank), placed horizontally.

🔧 Step-by-Step Answer Walkthrough For Medium Level

1

Step 1

Dominoes Include: [5-5], [5-4], [4-0], [3-3], [3-1], [2-2], [1-0].

2

Step 2: Yellow <5 + Blue >4 --(Arrows ①)

Confirmed by neighboring region and step 1 and relative position. The answer is 4-5 (4 into Yellow <5 region), placed horizontally.

3

Step 3: Light Blue Equal --(Arrows ②③)

Confirmed by neighboring region and remaining dominoes and relative position. The domino halves in this region must be 3. The answer is 3-3, placed vertically; 3-1 (1 right into blank), placed horizontally.

4

Step 4: Purple >4 --(Arrows ④)

Confirmed by neighboring region and relative position and remaining dominoes (5-5, 4-0, 2-2, 1-0). Need one domino sum to be more than 4 placed in this region. The answer is 5-5, placed vertically.

5

Step 5: Green >2 --(Arrows ⑤)

Confirmed by neighboring region and remaining dominoes. The answer is 4-0 (0 up into blank), placed vertically.

6

Step 6: Red 5 --(Arrows ⑥⑦)

Confirmed by neighboring region and remaining dominoes. The domino halves in this region must be 2+2+1. The answer is 2-2, placed vertically; 1-0 (0 right into blank), placed horizontally.

🔧 Step-by-Step Answer Walkthrough For Hard Level

1

Step 1

Dominoes Include: [6-6], [6-0], [5-4], [5-3], [4-4], [4-1], [4-0], [3-0], [2-1], [2-0], [1-0], [0-0]. Only 2 dominoes with 2 pips (2-1, 2-0), need one for Yellow 2 region.

2

Step 2: Red 10 + Blue 8 + Purpel 2 + Purple 1 + Yellow 2 --(Arrows ①②③④⑤)

Confirmed by neighboring region and the dominoes with 5 pips (5-4, 5-3), the domino halves in Red 10 region must be 4+6. Observe all regions, [6-6] must be placed between Red 10 and Blue 8 regions, the domino halves in Blue 8 region must be 6+2. Confirmed by neighboring region and step 1, the domino halves in Purpel 2 region must be 1+1, the domino halves in Purpel 1 region must be 0+1. The answer is 6-6, placed vertically; 2-1 (2 into Blue 8 region, 1 into Purple 2 region), placed vertically; 2-0 (2 into Yellow 2 region, 0 into Purple 1 region), placed vertically; 1-4 (1 into Purple 1 region, 4 into Red 10 region), placed horizontally; 1-0 (1 into Purpel 2 region, 0 down into blank), placed vertically.

3

Step 3: Blue <2 --(Arrows ⑥)

Confirmed by neighboring region and remaining dominoes (6-0, 5-4, 5-3, 4-4, 4-0, 3-0, 0-0). Need one domino sum to be less than 2. The answer is 0-0, placed vertically.

4

Step 4: Yellow Equal + Light Blue Equal + Red Equal + Green >1 --(Arrows ⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪)

Confirmed by neighboring region and remaining dominoes (6-0, 5-4, 5-3, 4-4, 4-0, 3-0). The domino halves in Yellow Equal region must be 4. The domino halves in Light Blue Equal region must be 0. The domino halves in Red Equal region must be 3. The answer is 4-4, placed horizontally; 4-0, placed vertically; 0-3, placed horizontally; 3-5 (5 into Green >1 region), placed vertically; 4-5 (5 up into blank), placed vertically.

5

Step 5: Light Blue >1 --(Arrows ⑫)

The answer is 6-0 (0 up into blank), placed vertically.

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💡 Pro Tips for Similar Puzzles

Start with Constraints

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Work Systematically

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