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