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Pips for February 25 2026.

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Easy

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5 6 5 5 5 3 5 2 5 0

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

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

Medium

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

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

  1. 1–5: row 4, column 4 → row 3, column 4
  2. 3–3: row 5, column 3 → row 5, column 4
  3. 0–6: row 1, column 5 → row 1, column 4
  4. 3–5: row 4, column 3 → row 3, column 3
  5. 4–2: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 2
  6. 6–3: row 5, column 6 → row 5, column 5
  7. 5–5: row 2, column 3 → row 2, column 4
  8. 3–1: row 5, column 2 → row 5, column 1

Hard

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

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

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