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Pips for September 29 2025.

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Easy

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1 1 1 0 0 3 4 1

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

  1. 4–4: row 1, column 4 → row 2, column 4
  2. 6–1: row 5, column 1 → row 6, column 1
  3. 5–5: row 7, column 3 → row 8, column 3
  4. 5–3: row 6, column 4 → row 5, column 4
  5. 1–4: row 2, column 6 → row 2, column 5
  6. 1–1: row 6, column 2 → row 6, column 3
  7. 0–0: row 5, column 7 → row 6, column 7
  8. 3–1: row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 3
  9. 4–3: row 3, column 5 → row 4, column 5
  10. 2–5: row 7, column 5 → row 7, column 4
  11. 4–5: row 9, column 2 → row 9, column 3
  12. 6–6: row 9, column 5 → row 9, column 6
  13. 0–1: row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 3
  14. 3–3: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 3
  15. 5–0: row 6, column 5 → row 6, column 6
  16. 5–6: row 8, column 4 → row 8, column 5
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