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Pips for June 18 2026.

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Easy

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3 5 5 4 5 6 1 6 1 3

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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