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Pips for January 21 2026.
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Easy
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2
3
2
1
4
4
5
4
0
0
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–3: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 3
- 2–1: row 3, column 2 → row 4, column 2
- 4–4: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
- 5–4: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
- 0–0: row 3, column 3 → row 4, column 3
Medium
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1
0
5
0
5
6
4
3
0
6
4
2
2
2
3
2
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 1–0: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 5–0: row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1
- 5–6: row 3, column 7 → row 2, column 7
- 4–3: row 3, column 1 → row 3, column 2
- 0–6: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
- 4–2: row 2, column 6 → row 2, column 5
- 2–2: row 3, column 5 → row 4, column 5
- 3–2: row 4, column 7 → row 4, column 6
Hard
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5
6
0
1
5
3
0
5
0
3
4
0
4
1
6
4
1
2
0
0
4
2
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 5–6: row 6, column 5 → row 5, column 5
- 0–1: row 5, column 3 → row 6, column 3
- 5–3: row 7, column 2 → row 6, column 2
- 0–5: row 7, column 4 → row 6, column 4
- 0–3: row 6, column 1 → row 5, column 1
- 4–0: row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 3
- 4–1: row 6, column 7 → row 5, column 7
- 6–4: row 7, column 8 → row 7, column 7
- 1–2: row 3, column 5 → row 2, column 5
- 0–0: row 1, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 4–2: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 5
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