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Pips for July 20 2026.

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Easy

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2 6 0 5 0 3 2 5 4 2

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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