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Pips for September 19 2026.

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Easy

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2 1 1 3 5 2 0 1 3 3

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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