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Pips for March 13 2026.

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Easy

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2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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