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Puzzle#134

Domino

Released: 2026-03-18

Domino Puzzle Grid

Missing Domino:


7
Models Tested
2
Solved
6
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meta-llama/llama-4-maverick

meta

The excluded domino is number 2 and 1


google/gemini-3-flash-preview

google

After cataloging all 27 dominoes in the image, the following pieces were identified: [0,0], [0,1], [0,2], [0,3], [0,4], [0,5], [0,6], [1,1], [1,2], [1,3], [1,4], [1,5], [1,6], [2,2], [2,3], [2,4], [2,5], [2,6], [3,3], [3,4], [3,5], [3,6], [4,4], [4,5], [4,6], [5,5], [5,6]. The only piece from the standard double-six 28-set missing is the double-six [6,6].


anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5

anthropic

By systematically checking all 28 possible domino combinations in a standard double-six set (all pairs from 0-6 including doubles), the domino [4, 4] is the only one not visible in the image. All other dominoes including [0,0], [1,1], [2,2], [3,3], [5,5], [6,6] and all non-double combinations appear to be present.


anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6

anthropic

After cataloging all visible dominoes in the image, I identified the following tiles: [0,2], [0,0], [2,4], [1,2], [2,5], [2,6], [1,6], [0,1], [1,4], [0,4], [3,4], [2,2], [1,3], [2,3], [3,6], [3,5], [3,3], [1,1], [1,5], [4,6], [4,5], [4,4], [1,6], [5,6], [2,6], [5,5], [6,6]. Comparing against a full standard set of 28 dominoes (all combinations from [0,0] to [6,6]), the missing domino is [0,3].


openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai

Counting the pips on each end of the 27 visible tiles shows the pip‑value 6 appears twice fewer times than it should in a complete double‑six set, so the missing tile is the double six (6,6).


x-ai/grok-4-fast

x-ai

By carefully examining the ASCII art representation of the 27 dominoes and counting the dot patterns in each half of every tile, all standard double-six dominoes are present except for [4,6]. The occurrences of each number confirm that 4 and 6 appear 7 times each, while others appear 8 times.


MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

moonshot

I identified all 27 dominoes present in the image by systematically counting the dots on each tile. The complete double-six set contains 28 dominoes. By checking which dominoes with 5-pips were present, I found [0,5], [1,5], [2,5], [3,5], [5,5], and [5,6]. The domino [4,5] (with 4 dots on one side and 5 dots on the other) was not found in the image, indicating it is the excluded tile.


Methodology Note

Each model receives the same domino puzzle grid. Models are tasked with identifying the missing domino using only visual clues from the grid. Their answers are evaluated without feedback or retries.

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