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Pips for August 31 2026.
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Easy
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5
6
3
5
4
4
4
1
4
6
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 5–6: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 3
- 3–5: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
- 4–4: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 3
- 4–1: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 4
- 4–6: row 3, column 4 → row 2, column 4
Medium
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0
3
1
2
1
4
2
3
4
4
5
5
5
6
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 0–3: row 2, column 5 → row 1, column 5
- 1–2: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1
- 1–4: row 2, column 2 → row 1, column 2
- 2–3: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1
- 4–4: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
- 5–5: row 4, column 2 → row 5, column 2
- 5–6: row 2, column 3 → row 3, column 3
Hard
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2
3
3
0
6
2
6
6
5
5
2
4
3
4
6
3
4
5
1
1
2
2
4
6
5
1
3
3
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–3: row 3, column 1 → row 4, column 1
- 3–0: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 1
- 6–2: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 2
- 6–6: row 3, column 6 → row 3, column 7
- 5–5: row 1, column 5 → row 1, column 6
- 2–4: row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 3
- 3–4: row 2, column 4 → row 1, column 4
- 6–3: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 4–5: row 5, column 2 → row 5, column 1
- 1–1: row 5, column 5 → row 5, column 6
- 2–2: row 1, column 7 → row 2, column 7
- 4–6: row 3, column 5 → row 3, column 4
- 5–1: row 4, column 7 → row 5, column 7
- 3–3: row 2, column 5 → row 2, column 6
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