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Pips for January 23 2026.

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Easy

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4 2 5 3 0 3 3 6 5 0

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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