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Pips for September 17 2025.
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Easy
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1
5
5
3
3
1
3
0
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 1–5: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 2
- 5–3: row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1
- 3–1: row 2, column 3 → row 2, column 4
- 3–0: row 2, column 2 → row 3, column 2
Medium
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4
2
1
6
4
3
2
3
4
5
0
0
5
2
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 4–2: row 3, column 1 → row 3, column 2
- 1–6: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
- 4–3: row 5, column 5 → row 5, column 4
- 2–3: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
- 4–5: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1
- 0–0: row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1
- 5–2: row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 3
Hard
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0
1
0
3
1
1
0
4
3
2
0
0
4
2
3
3
0
2
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 0–1: row 6, column 1 → row 7, column 1
- 0–3: row 8, column 2 → row 7, column 2
- 1–1: row 3, column 4 → row 4, column 4
- 0–4: row 3, column 1 → row 4, column 1
- 3–2: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 3
- 0–0: row 5, column 3 → row 6, column 3
- 4–2: row 1, column 4 → row 2, column 4
- 3–3: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
- 0–2: row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1
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