About WordHint
Last updated: November 9, 2026
WordHint is a small, independent site with one job: help you play NYT Pips well. Every morning we publish hints and answers for the three daily boards, Easy, Medium and Hard, alongside a free solver you can use to work through the boards yourself. Nothing here is about any other game. Pips is the whole site, and that focus is deliberate.
What we publish
Each day brings three things. First, the solver at the top of the homepage, where you can reveal dominoes one at a time or check a full board. Second, two hints per board, written so you can stop reading the moment something clicks. Third, the verified answers, kept behind a reveal button so you never see them by accident. Around those, the homepage carries a full guide to the game: how to play, how the zone marks work, strategy, worked walkthroughs, the archive, and answers to the questions players actually ask.
Hints first, answers only when you ask
We believe a puzzle is more fun when you solve it yourself, so the page is built hints first. The solver only ever reveals the solved spot, the hints give you one nudge at a time, and the full answers stay hidden until you click. If you want to play without any help at all, you can, and nothing on the page will spoil a board for you.
Verified before it goes live
Nothing is published from memory or from a single guess. Every board is checked against the official daily boards, every domino placement is checked against its zone, and every hint is read by our reviewer before it goes live. If a board has more than one valid solution, we say so, and we show one verified solution rather than pretending it is the only one. You can read exactly how that works on our Editorial Policy and Fact-Checking Policy pages.
Who is behind WordHint
WordHint was founded by Omer Akbar, who runs the site and oversees the daily Pips coverage. Murtaza Ali reviews the content before publication, checking hints and answers against the boards. You can meet them both on the Author and Meet Our Reviewer pages.
Free to use
The solver, the hints and the guides on this site are free, with no account and no download. There are no ads on the site while it is new, and the focus is on building pages that are genuinely useful, not on squeezing a visit for revenue.
Independent and unaffiliated
WordHint is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to The New York Times. NYT Pips is a game by The New York Times, and the hints and solutions here are written independently, from the official daily boards. If you want to play the official game, you will find it in the NYT Games app and on the NYT Games website.