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Pips for March 19 2026.

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Easy

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3 1 1 6 5 3 6 6 2 2

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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