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