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Pips for December 2 2025.

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Easy

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4 3 1 2 6 6 1 6

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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