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Pips for April 26 2026.

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Easy

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1 6 5 5 1 0 6 6 2 4

Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.

  1. 1–6: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 2
  2. 5–5: row 1, column 2 → row 2, column 2
  3. 1–0: row 4, column 4 → row 3, column 4
  4. 6–6: row 3, column 1 → row 4, column 1
  5. 2–4: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3

Medium

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5 2 0 2 6 4 5 3 1 3 1 4 5 1 1 0

Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.

  1. 5–2: row 1, column 3 → row 2, column 3
  2. 0–2: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 1
  3. 6–4: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 1
  4. 5–3: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 2
  5. 1–3: row 4, column 1 → row 3, column 1
  6. 1–4: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 3
  7. 5–1: row 1, column 4 → row 2, column 4
  8. 1–0: row 3, column 4 → row 4, column 4

Hard

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6 1 3 3 4 2 6 0 2 5 6 3 4 0 6 6 1 0 2 6 1 5 2 2 0 3 1 2

Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.

  1. 6–1: row 2, column 4 → row 1, column 4
  2. 3–3: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1
  3. 4–2: row 6, column 1 → row 7, column 1
  4. 6–0: row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 5
  5. 2–5: row 7, column 2 → row 7, column 3
  6. 6–3: row 5, column 3 → row 5, column 4
  7. 4–0: row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 5
  8. 6–6: row 3, column 3 → row 4, column 3
  9. 1–0: row 6, column 5 → row 5, column 5
  10. 2–6: row 1, column 3 → row 2, column 3
  11. 1–5: row 7, column 5 → row 7, column 4
  12. 2–2: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
  13. 0–3: row 2, column 5 → row 1, column 5
  14. 1–2: row 3, column 1 → row 2, column 1
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