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Pips for August 31 2025.
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Easy
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2
1
5
6
1
0
5
2
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–1: row 2, column 4 → row 1, column 4
- 5–6: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1
- 1–0: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 2
- 5–2: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 4
Medium
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2
1
1
6
5
4
0
4
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–1: row 2, column 2 → row 3, column 2
- 1–6: row 3, column 1 → row 2, column 1
- 5–4: row 2, column 3 → row 2, column 4
- 0–4: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
Hard
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2
4
3
3
2
2
4
0
4
6
2
1
3
4
5
6
1
1
4
4
6
6
1
0
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–4: row 5, column 2 → row 5, column 3
- 3–3: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 5
- 2–2: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 4
- 4–0: row 6, column 3 → row 7, column 3
- 4–6: row 2, column 4 → row 2, column 3
- 2–1: row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 5
- 3–4: row 4, column 5 → row 5, column 5
- 5–6: row 4, column 1 → row 4, column 2
- 1–1: row 2, column 5 → row 2, column 6
- 4–4: row 5, column 4 → row 6, column 4
- 6–6: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 3
- 1–0: row 1, column 6 → row 1, column 7
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