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🎲 Today's Puzzle Overview
It’s Wednesday, September 24, 2025 — and the puzzle community has a fresh set of challenges to explore!
Edited by Ian Livengood, today’s lineup is powered entirely by the creativity of Rodolfo Kurchan, who designed the easy (ID 33), medium (ID 39), and hard (ID 80) puzzles.
Dive in, share your thoughts, and exchange hints with fellow solvers. Whether you’re starting with simple dominoes like [2|2] in the easy grid, working through the medium’s layered equals, or tackling the hard puzzle’s unequal and sum rules, each solution brings us closer together. Let’s celebrate every breakthrough as a community challenge!
💡 Progressive Hints
Try these hints one at a time. Each hint becomes more specific to help you solve it yourself!
🎨 Pips Solver
Click a domino to place it on the board. You can also click the board, and the correct domino will appear.
✅ Final Answer & Complete Solution For Hard Level
The key to solving today's hard puzzle was identifying the placement for the critical dominoes highlighted in the starting grid. Once those were in place, the rest of the puzzle could be solved logically. See the final grid below to compare your solution.
Starting Position & Key First Steps
This image shows the initial puzzle grid for the hard level, with a few critical first placements highlighted.
Final Answer: The Solved Grid for Hard Mode
Compare this final grid with your own solution to see the correct placement of all dominoes.
💬 Community Discussion
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