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Pips for September 4 2025.

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Easy

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5 1 3 0 1 6 5 3

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

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

Medium

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

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

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

Hard

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

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

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