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Pips for January 24 2026.

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Easy

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2 3 4 3 6 6 3 1 3 3

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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