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Pips for May 22 2026.

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Easy

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

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

  1. 1–6: row 5, column 2 → row 5, column 1
  2. 3–0: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 4
  3. 1–5: row 6, column 4 → row 6, column 5
  4. 6–3: row 7, column 9 → row 7, column 8
  5. 0–2: row 7, column 2 → row 6, column 2
  6. 1–3: row 5, column 8 → row 5, column 7
  7. 2–2: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 5
  8. 6–5: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
  9. 1–4: row 8, column 5 → row 8, column 4
  10. 5–0: row 9, column 9 → row 8, column 9
  11. 2–4: row 2, column 7 → row 2, column 8
  12. 1–1: row 8, column 2 → row 9, column 2
  13. 3–4: row 5, column 9 → row 6, column 9
  14. 0–0: row 2, column 5 → row 3, column 5
  15. 6–6: row 1, column 3 → row 2, column 3
  16. 4–5: row 9, column 7 → row 9, column 8
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