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Pips for April 3 2026.

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Easy

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0 0 3 1 4 0 5 5 3 0

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

  1. 2–4: row 3, column 1 → row 4, column 1
  2. 5–6: row 3, column 6 → row 4, column 6
  3. 1–2: row 5, column 3 → row 6, column 3
  4. 0–4: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 5
  5. 2–2: row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1
  6. 1–6: row 6, column 6 → row 5, column 6
  7. 4–5: row 5, column 4 → row 4, column 4
  8. 0–2: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 2
  9. 6–6: row 8, column 2 → row 8, column 3
  10. 1–1: row 7, column 5 → row 7, column 6
  11. 3–5: row 8, column 1 → row 7, column 1
  12. 1–4: row 8, column 5 → row 8, column 4
  13. 0–3: row 4, column 3 → row 3, column 3
  14. 4–6: row 2, column 5 → row 2, column 6
  15. 5–5: row 5, column 1 → row 6, column 1
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