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Pips for August 17 2026.
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Easy
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6
1
1
0
2
6
0
6
5
4
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 6–1: row 2, column 3 → row 3, column 3
- 1–0: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1
- 2–6: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 3
- 0–6: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
- 5–4: row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
Medium
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2
3
6
0
5
5
0
0
2
2
0
5
5
2
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–3: row 2, column 3 → row 2, column 2
- 6–0: row 4, column 2 → row 3, column 2
- 5–5: row 4, column 5 → row 4, column 6
- 0–0: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 2–2: row 1, column 4 → row 2, column 4
- 0–5: row 3, column 4 → row 4, column 4
- 5–2: row 4, column 3 → row 3, column 3
Hard
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0
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0
6
1
1
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
2
2
2
4
2
6
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 0–2: row 5, column 1 → row 4, column 1
- 0–3: row 6, column 1 → row 7, column 1
- 0–4: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
- 0–5: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 1
- 0–6: row 3, column 4 → row 2, column 4
- 1–1: row 5, column 8 → row 6, column 8
- 1–3: row 5, column 7 → row 5, column 6
- 1–4: row 7, column 2 → row 7, column 3
- 1–5: row 6, column 6 → row 7, column 6
- 1–6: row 7, column 8 → row 7, column 7
- 2–2: row 6, column 4 → row 7, column 4
- 2–4: row 5, column 4 → row 4, column 4
- 2–6: row 3, column 1 → row 2, column 1
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