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Pips for May 18 2026.
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Easy
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2
2
5
5
2
4
1
2
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–2: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
- 5–5: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 3
- 2–4: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 1–2: row 2, column 3 → row 1, column 3
Medium
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4
3
3
2
4
0
0
3
5
5
5
3
6
6
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 4–3: row 3, column 6 → row 2, column 6
- 3–2: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 4
- 4–0: row 4, column 6 → row 4, column 5
- 0–3: row 3, column 5 → row 2, column 5
- 5–5: row 3, column 1 → row 3, column 2
- 5–3: row 1, column 6 → row 1, column 5
- 6–6: row 4, column 1 → row 4, column 2
Hard
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5
3
0
0
6
2
3
3
5
2
6
3
5
5
0
6
4
4
1
0
4
6
2
3
4
0
2
1
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 5–3: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1
- 0–0: row 7, column 7 → row 8, column 7
- 6–2: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 3–3: row 4, column 8 → row 5, column 8
- 5–2: row 1, column 8 → row 1, column 7
- 6–3: row 4, column 3 → row 5, column 3
- 5–5: row 7, column 5 → row 8, column 5
- 0–6: row 9, column 3 → row 9, column 2
- 4–4: row 9, column 5 → row 9, column 6
- 1–0: row 10, column 7 → row 9, column 7
- 4–6: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 2–3: row 7, column 2 → row 7, column 3
- 4–0: row 3, column 5 → row 3, column 6
- 2–1: row 2, column 8 → row 3, column 8
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