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Pips for October 9 2025.

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Easy

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4 4 4 6 3 5 1 5 1 4 6 6

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

  1. 3–6: row 5, column 1 → row 4, column 1
  2. 0–0: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
  3. 1–2: row 4, column 3 → row 5, column 3
  4. 5–5: row 7, column 4 → row 7, column 5
  5. 3–2: row 7, column 2 → row 7, column 3
  6. 1–1: row 3, column 5 → row 4, column 5
  7. 3–1: row 5, column 4 → row 4, column 4
  8. 4–1: row 5, column 6 → row 4, column 6
  9. 0–6: row 1, column 2 → row 2, column 2
  10. 6–1: row 3, column 2 → row 4, column 2
  11. 5–4: row 7, column 6 → row 6, column 6
  12. 3–3: row 6, column 1 → row 7, column 1
  13. 0–4: row 6, column 2 → row 5, column 2
  14. 5–1: row 6, column 5 → row 5, column 5
  15. 0–1: row 1, column 5 → row 2, column 5
  16. 2–5: row 6, column 3 → row 6, column 4
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