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