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Puzzle#250

Domino

Released: 2026-07-12

Domino Puzzle Grid

Missing Domino:


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google/gemini-3-flash-preview

google

After cataloging all 27 dominoes present in the image and comparing them against the full set of 28 tiles in a standard double-six set, the [5, 2] tile is the only one not account for.


meta-llama/llama-4-maverick

meta

The image contains 27 dominoes. By examining the image, we can identify the missing domino by checking for the presence of all possible pairs of numbers from 0 to 6. Upon careful inspection, we notice that the domino [3, 3] is missing.


anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5

anthropic

After systematically identifying all 27 visible dominoes in the image, the missing domino from the standard 28-piece double-six set is [4, 4]. This double domino is not present among the displayed tiles.


anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6

anthropic

I systematically went through all 28 dominoes in a standard double-six set and checked them against the image. After cataloging all visible dominoes, the [0,3] domino (blank-three) is the one not present in the image.


openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai

The double-six (6-6) tile is not present among the 27 shown dominoes


MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

moonshot

By applying combinatorial analysis to the domino grid, a complete double-6 set contains 28 dominoes with each number (0-6) appearing exactly 8 times across all domino halves. Counting the occurrences of each number in the visible 27 dominoes: - Number 0 appears 8 times (complete) - Number 1 appears 7 times (one short) - Number 4 appears 8 times (complete) - Number 6 appears only 2-3 times (significantly short) Since the count of 1s is exactly 7 and the count of 6s is at most 3, the missing domino must contain both a 1 and a 6. The domino [1,6] is the only one that satisfies both conditions, accounting for the missing instance of 1 and the missing instances of 6 needed to reach the expected counts of 8 for a complete set.


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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