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Pips for September 25 2025.

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Easy

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2 3 3 1 1 5 3 4

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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