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Pips for December 29 2025.
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Easy
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4
4
6
4
1
4
5
5
2
4
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 4–4: row 2, column 4 → row 2, column 5
- 6–4: row 2, column 1 → row 2, column 2
- 1–4: row 2, column 3 → row 1, column 3
- 5–5: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 4
- 2–4: row 3, column 1 → row 3, column 2
Medium
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0
5
4
3
0
4
5
1
6
6
5
2
6
4
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 0–5: row 4, column 2 → row 3, column 2
- 4–3: row 3, column 5 → row 3, column 6
- 0–4: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 5–1: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 1
- 6–6: row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
- 5–2: row 1, column 6 → row 2, column 6
- 6–4: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
Hard
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2
5
6
3
0
5
1
3
2
2
5
1
3
2
4
6
1
1
4
2
3
3
5
6
4
3
2
6
5
5
1
6
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–5: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 5
- 6–3: row 5, column 1 → row 6, column 1
- 0–5: row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
- 1–3: row 7, column 2 → row 7, column 1
- 2–2: row 2, column 1 → row 2, column 2
- 5–1: row 9, column 5 → row 9, column 4
- 3–2: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 1
- 4–6: row 5, column 4 → row 6, column 4
- 1–1: row 5, column 2 → row 6, column 2
- 4–2: row 8, column 4 → row 8, column 5
- 3–3: row 9, column 1 → row 9, column 2
- 5–6: row 5, column 5 → row 6, column 5
- 4–3: row 8, column 2 → row 8, column 1
- 2–6: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 1
- 5–5: row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 5
- 1–6: row 2, column 5 → row 3, column 5
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