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Pips for February 6 2026.

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Easy

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

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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