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Pips for September 5 2025.
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Easy
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3
3
5
3
3
1
2
3
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 3–3: row 1, column 2 → row 2, column 2
- 5–3: row 3, column 1 → row 2, column 1
- 3–1: row 2, column 3 → row 3, column 3
- 2–3: row 4, column 1 → row 4, column 2
Medium
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4
4
4
2
4
5
2
2
1
6
2
5
3
3
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 4–4: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 4
- 4–2: row 4, column 2 → row 5, column 2
- 4–5: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 4
- 2–2: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1
- 1–6: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 2–5: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
- 3–3: row 1, column 3 → row 2, column 3
Hard
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4
0
1
5
5
5
3
3
2
6
4
5
6
6
3
1
5
0
2
3
2
5
0
0
2
1
4
1
6
0
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 4–0: row 7, column 3 → row 7, column 4
- 1–5: row 5, column 1 → row 6, column 1
- 5–5: row 7, column 2 → row 8, column 2
- 3–3: row 3, column 2 → row 4, column 2
- 2–6: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 4
- 4–5: row 6, column 3 → row 6, column 2
- 6–6: row 10, column 7 → row 10, column 8
- 3–1: row 2, column 5 → row 2, column 4
- 5–0: row 8, column 3 → row 8, column 4
- 2–3: row 1, column 7 → row 1, column 8
- 2–5: row 1, column 6 → row 1, column 5
- 0–0: row 9, column 4 → row 9, column 5
- 2–1: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 4
- 4–1: row 5, column 3 → row 5, column 2
- 6–0: row 10, column 6 → row 10, column 5
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