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Pips for June 17 2026.

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Easy

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

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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