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Pips for September 26 2025.

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Easy

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0 6 3 6 4 6 6 6

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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