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Pips for January 10 2026.

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Easy

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

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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