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1Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute2Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errors3Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitchesThe best-supported match for Friday, November 21 is the 2025 NYT Pips puzzle, identified as Pips #96. The Hard-tier walkthrough below reports one route through the board; it may not be the only valid solution. The source material available for this date does not include Easy or Medium answers.
How Pips works
Pips asks you to fill a grid of colored regions using every supplied domino. Each region sets a condition: its values may need to match, differ, be greater than or less than a target, add to an exact total, or satisfy no restriction in blank cells. Dominoes can be rotated to fit, and some puzzles may have more than one valid arrangement.
The date match is supported by Alpha Leaders’ November 21, 2025 walkthrough and a Reddit post identifying the puzzle as Pips #96. This is a third-party match, not an independently confirmed entry from an official NYT archive. Alpha Leaders’ November 21 walkthrough · Reddit’s Pips #96 post.
Hard-tier hints
- The board’s four total groups each add up to 13.
- The Purple region with a zero condition takes the blank dominoes.
- The Pink equal region needs a double.
Hard-tier solution walkthrough
Spoilers: The sequence below is the route reported by Alpha Leaders’ walkthrough author, not a claim that this is the board’s only valid placement.
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- Move 5/3 from Purple greater-than 4 into Orange equal.
- Place 3/1 from Orange equal into Pink 13, with 6/6 beside it.
- Put 0/6 and 0/1 in the Purple zero cells toward Blue 13.
- Move 6/4 from Blue 13 into Dark Blue 13.
- Finish by placing 2/6, 6/3, and 1/4 from Dark Blue into Green 13.
Easy and Medium answers
The retrieved walkthrough has Easy and Medium headings but does not provide their solutions in the available text. No placements for those tiers can be confirmed from that material.
Quick Recap
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