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Pips for September 7 2025.

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Easy

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1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0

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

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

Medium

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5 0 0 6 6 5 3 3 4 0 4 3 5 3

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

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

Hard

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

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

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