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Pips for August 21 2026.

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Easy

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5 2 6 3 1 5 3 5 4 0

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

  1. 3–4: row 5, column 7 → row 5, column 6
  2. 6–1: row 5, column 2 → row 4, column 2
  3. 2–2: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 3
  4. 6–3: row 7, column 7 → row 8, column 7
  5. 4–1: row 10, column 1 → row 10, column 2
  6. 3–3: row 9, column 7 → row 10, column 7
  7. 2–4: row 3, column 6 → row 3, column 5
  8. 0–6: row 8, column 2 → row 9, column 2
  9. 3–1: row 10, column 6 → row 10, column 5
  10. 2–5: row 7, column 2 → row 7, column 3
  11. 6–6: row 8, column 5 → row 9, column 5
  12. 1–5: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 3
  13. 2–3: row 2, column 5 → row 1, column 5
  14. 5–5: row 7, column 5 → row 7, column 6
  15. 4–4: row 4, column 5 → row 5, column 5
  16. 3–5: row 1, column 6 → row 1, column 7
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