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Pips for December 16 2025.
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Easy
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1
3
5
2
3
2
3
4
6
3
0
0
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 1–3: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1
- 5–2: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 2
- 3–2: row 2, column 3 → row 3, column 3
- 3–4: row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
- 6–3: row 4, column 5 → row 4, column 4
- 0–0: row 1, column 2 → row 2, column 2
Medium
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1
1
6
1
5
5
0
3
0
1
4
4
3
5
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 1–1: row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
- 6–1: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1
- 5–5: row 5, column 2 → row 5, column 3
- 0–3: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 1
- 0–1: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
- 4–4: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 3–5: row 4, column 4 → row 5, column 4
Hard
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6
1
0
0
2
1
6
0
4
2
0
1
3
5
0
5
4
3
2
0
4
6
3
0
4
4
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 6–1: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 0–0: row 3, column 6 → row 4, column 6
- 2–1: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 2
- 6–0: row 3, column 8 → row 4, column 8
- 4–2: row 5, column 3 → row 6, column 3
- 0–1: row 5, column 5 → row 5, column 4
- 3–5: row 2, column 8 → row 2, column 9
- 0–5: row 4, column 7 → row 3, column 7
- 4–3: row 2, column 7 → row 1, column 7
- 2–0: row 6, column 6 → row 5, column 6
- 4–6: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 2
- 3–0: row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 5
- 4–4: row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 5
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