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Pips for June 9 2026.

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Easy

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

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

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

Medium

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0 6 5 1 3 6 1 1 6 5 3 1 5 5

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

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

Hard

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

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

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