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