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Pips for June 12 2026.

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Easy

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1 2 1 1 3 3 0 6 0 1

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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