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Pips for December 30 2025.
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Easy
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4
3
1
3
4
4
2
4
3
3
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 4–3: row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 3
- 1–3: row 4, column 5 → row 3, column 5
- 4–4: row 1, column 4 → row 2, column 4
- 2–4: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 1
- 3–3: row 3, column 1 → row 3, column 2
Medium
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6
1
3
5
1
1
4
4
6
3
0
0
6
2
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 6–1: row 2, column 1 → row 2, column 2
- 3–5: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
- 1–1: row 2, column 5 → row 3, column 5
- 4–4: row 3, column 1 → row 3, column 2
- 6–3: row 2, column 4 → row 1, column 4
- 0–0: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 3
- 6–2: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 4
Hard
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5
3
6
6
2
4
6
5
3
3
0
0
5
5
4
0
2
2
3
2
1
5
6
4
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 5–3: row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
- 6–6: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 2–4: row 8, column 2 → row 8, column 1
- 6–5: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
- 3–3: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 4
- 0–0: row 6, column 1 → row 7, column 1
- 5–5: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
- 4–0: row 2, column 2 → row 3, column 2
- 2–2: row 6, column 2 → row 7, column 2
- 3–2: row 4, column 2 → row 5, column 2
- 1–5: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 6–4: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1
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