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Pips for February 18 2026.

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Easy

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6 3 5 1 1 4 5 5 1 1

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

  1. 1–4: row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1
  2. 4–4: row 9, column 6 → row 10, column 6
  3. 5–1: row 6, column 7 → row 7, column 7
  4. 0–1: row 2, column 2 → row 1, column 2
  5. 5–5: row 7, column 3 → row 8, column 3
  6. 1–6: row 4, column 5 → row 3, column 5
  7. 0–2: row 6, column 5 → row 7, column 5
  8. 6–2: row 2, column 5 → row 1, column 5
  9. 3–4: row 4, column 1 → row 3, column 1
  10. 5–6: row 9, column 3 → row 10, column 3
  11. 2–1: row 4, column 7 → row 4, column 6
  12. 3–5: row 8, column 1 → row 8, column 2
  13. 2–4: row 7, column 6 → row 8, column 6
  14. 0–5: row 10, column 1 → row 9, column 1
  15. 1–3: row 6, column 1 → row 7, column 1
  16. 5–4: row 6, column 3 → row 6, column 2
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