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Pips for December 25 2025.
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Easy
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5
1
3
1
6
6
4
2
5
0
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 5–1: row 4, column 2 → row 3, column 2
- 3–1: row 6, column 1 → row 5, column 1
- 6–6: row 3, column 1 → row 4, column 1
- 4–2: row 2, column 1 → row 1, column 1
- 5–0: row 5, column 2 → row 6, column 2
Medium
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0
2
2
1
0
1
4
1
4
3
3
0
0
5
1
1
6
6
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 0–2: row 4, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 2–1: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
- 0–1: row 5, column 5 → row 5, column 6
- 4–1: row 3, column 6 → row 4, column 6
- 4–3: row 1, column 5 → row 1, column 4
- 3–0: row 2, column 1 → row 1, column 1
- 0–5: row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 3
- 1–1: row 5, column 1 → row 5, column 2
- 6–6: row 1, column 6 → row 2, column 6
Hard
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3
3
2
6
1
0
4
2
0
3
6
6
5
3
4
4
1
5
2
2
5
4
1
1
4
3
5
5
4
1
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 3–3: row 7, column 6 → row 7, column 7
- 2–6: row 2, column 4 → row 1, column 4
- 1–0: row 6, column 3 → row 6, column 4
- 4–2: row 4, column 3 → row 3, column 3
- 0–3: row 6, column 5 → row 7, column 5
- 6–6: row 4, column 5 → row 5, column 5
- 5–3: row 5, column 7 → row 6, column 7
- 4–4: row 5, column 3 → row 5, column 4
- 1–5: row 7, column 1 → row 7, column 2
- 2–2: row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 5
- 5–4: row 7, column 3 → row 7, column 4
- 1–1: row 5, column 1 → row 6, column 1
- 4–3: row 9, column 4 → row 8, column 4
- 5–5: row 4, column 6 → row 5, column 6
- 4–1: row 4, column 2 → row 5, column 2
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