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Pips for October 27 2025.

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Easy

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4 2 0 3 1 3 2 3

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

  1. 4–2: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1
  2. 0–3: row 4, column 1 → row 4, column 2
  3. 1–3: row 2, column 1 → row 1, column 1
  4. 2–3: row 3, column 3 → row 4, column 3

Medium

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

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

  1. 4–4: row 2, column 5 → row 3, column 5
  2. 3–4: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 5
  3. 5–2: row 3, column 4 → row 4, column 4
  4. 3–5: row 5, column 1 → row 4, column 1
  5. 1–3: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
  6. 3–2: row 5, column 2 → row 4, column 2
  7. 2–0: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1

Hard

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0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 2 2 2 3

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

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