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Pips for October 17 2025.
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Easy
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4
0
4
6
2
6
6
6
4
5
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 4–0: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 4–6: row 3, column 2 → row 2, column 2
- 2–6: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 2
- 6–6: row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
- 4–5: row 3, column 1 → row 2, column 1
Medium
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5
6
3
1
1
1
4
5
0
4
2
4
0
5
2
5
3
0
6
2
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 5–6: row 6, column 3 → row 6, column 2
- 3–1: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
- 1–1: row 7, column 2 → row 7, column 3
- 4–5: row 4, column 5 → row 5, column 5
- 0–4: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 4
- 2–4: row 5, column 6 → row 4, column 6
- 0–5: row 5, column 3 → row 5, column 4
- 2–5: row 7, column 4 → row 6, column 4
- 3–0: row 6, column 1 → row 7, column 1
- 6–2: row 2, column 1 → row 2, column 2
Hard
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3
0
2
2
4
0
2
3
6
6
2
1
1
6
0
2
0
1
3
5
6
4
5
2
4
4
3
4
6
5
4
1
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 3–0: row 6, column 4 → row 6, column 5
- 2–2: row 8, column 6 → row 8, column 7
- 4–0: row 2, column 6 → row 1, column 6
- 2–3: row 7, column 7 → row 6, column 7
- 6–6: row 6, column 2 → row 7, column 2
- 2–1: row 7, column 3 → row 6, column 3
- 1–6: row 5, column 3 → row 5, column 2
- 0–2: row 3, column 9 → row 3, column 8
- 0–1: row 5, column 5 → row 5, column 4
- 3–5: row 4, column 7 → row 3, column 7
- 6–4: row 8, column 2 → row 8, column 3
- 5–2: row 2, column 7 → row 2, column 8
- 4–4: row 3, column 6 → row 4, column 6
- 3–4: row 5, column 7 → row 5, column 6
- 6–5: row 5, column 1 → row 4, column 1
- 4–1: row 6, column 6 → row 7, column 6
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