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Pips for November 25 2025.

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Easy

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3 4 2 5 3 6 5 5 2 1

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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