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Pips for September 20 2025.

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Easy

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5 4 5 5 5 3 1 6

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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