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Pips for March 23 2026.

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Easy

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0 4 1 5 0 0 1 3 5 4

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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