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Pips for October 29 2025.

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Easy

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6 1 1 4 4 5 3 4

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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