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Pips for September 16 2026.
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Easy
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0
1
4
4
5
3
3
0
6
1
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 0–1: row 2, column 4 → row 1, column 4
- 4–4: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 3
- 5–3: row 6, column 4 → row 6, column 3
- 3–0: row 6, column 2 → row 6, column 1
- 6–1: row 2, column 1 → row 1, column 1
Medium
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4
1
3
1
5
5
6
1
5
1
4
4
1
0
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 4–1: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 4
- 3–1: row 3, column 1 → row 3, column 2
- 5–5: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 4
- 6–1: row 1, column 2 → row 2, column 2
- 5–1: row 2, column 4 → row 2, column 3
- 4–4: row 4, column 1 → row 4, column 2
- 1–0: row 4, column 5 → row 3, column 5
Hard
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2
4
5
6
2
2
5
4
3
2
5
5
4
1
5
2
4
4
1
6
5
3
0
0
5
1
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 2–4: row 8, column 2 → row 8, column 1
- 5–6: row 2, column 8 → row 3, column 8
- 2–2: row 1, column 6 → row 2, column 6
- 5–4: row 1, column 8 → row 1, column 7
- 3–2: row 1, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 5–5: row 5, column 2 → row 5, column 3
- 4–1: row 5, column 5 → row 5, column 6
- 5–2: row 6, column 2 → row 7, column 2
- 4–4: row 7, column 7 → row 8, column 7
- 1–6: row 5, column 7 → row 6, column 7
- 5–3: row 3, column 7 → row 3, column 6
- 0–0: row 5, column 8 → row 5, column 9
- 5–1: row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 3
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