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Pips for October 20 2026.
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Easy
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3
4
1
1
4
1
0
3
3
1
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 3–4: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 1–1: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 3
- 4–1: row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 3
- 0–3: row 1, column 4 → row 2, column 4
- 3–1: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1
Medium
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2
6
2
0
4
3
0
3
0
0
1
3
3
5
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–6: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
- 2–0: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 3
- 4–3: row 2, column 4 → row 2, column 3
- 0–3: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1
- 0–0: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 3
- 1–3: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 1
- 3–5: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 4
Hard
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5
3
4
1
6
2
0
4
6
5
0
3
2
1
3
4
2
5
5
5
4
5
3
3
2
3
1
1
1
0
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 5–3: row 2, column 1 → row 1, column 1
- 4–1: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1
- 6–2: row 2, column 8 → row 1, column 8
- 0–4: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1
- 6–5: row 1, column 5 → row 2, column 5
- 0–3: row 9, column 7 → row 8, column 7
- 2–1: row 6, column 3 → row 7, column 3
- 3–4: row 9, column 5 → row 9, column 4
- 2–5: row 7, column 7 → row 6, column 7
- 5–5: row 3, column 5 → row 4, column 5
- 4–5: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
- 3–3: row 8, column 3 → row 9, column 3
- 2–3: row 9, column 8 → row 9, column 9
- 1–1: row 3, column 8 → row 4, column 8
- 1–0: row 4, column 7 → row 4, column 6
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