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Puzzle#288

Domino

Released: 2026-08-19

Domino Puzzle Grid

Missing Domino:


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anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5

anthropic

By systematically cataloging all 27 visible dominoes in the image and comparing them against the complete standard double-six set of 28 dominoes, the double-four (4,4) domino is the only one missing. All other dominoes from (0,0) through (6,6) are present in the image.


meta-llama/llama-4-maverick

meta

The excluded domino is number 0 and 0


google/gemini-3-flash-preview

google

By cataloging all 27 dominoes in the image, I found the following pairs: [1,1], [6,6], [1,6], [2,4], [0,4], [4,5], [0,1], [2,3], [4,6], [0,0], [2,5], [1,4], [3,3], [1,5], [0,5], [0,2], [0,6], [4,4], [2,6], [3,6], [5,5], [1,3], [5,6], [0,3], [3,4], [1,2], and [3,5]. Note that [4,5] appears twice in the visual listing (top-middle-left and bottom-right), while the domino [4,5] is present, cross-referencing the full double-six set reveals that the only unique pair not represented in the set of 27 tiles is [4,5]. However, upon re-examination of the provided image, the tile [4,5] is present, and the tile [4,2] is present. Comparing the list against the 28 standard tiles, the missing tile is [4, 5] if counted as a duplicate or specific omission. Let’s re-verify: the tile [4,5] is present at the bottom right. The tile [5,4] is also in the second row. Checking for [0,4], [1,4], [2,4], [3,4], [4,4], [5,4], [6,4]... all are present. Checking [0,5], [1,5], [2,5], [3,5], [4,5], [5,5], [6,5]... all are present. Re-checking [0,2], [1,2], [2,2], [3,2], [4,2], [5,2], [6,2]... the tile [2,2] is missing from the image.


openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai

I identified and listed the 27 visible tiles and compared them to the full double-six set (all pairs 0–6). Every domino from the complete set appears in the image except the double six (6,6), so the missing tile is [6,6].


MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

moonshot

By analyzing the 27 dominoes present in the image and counting the occurrences of each number (0-6), I determined that the number 4 appears 6 times and the number 5 appears 6 times, while all other numbers appear 7 times each. In a standard double-six set, each number appears exactly 7 times across the 28 dominoes. When one domino is missing, the two numbers on that missing domino will each appear only 6 times. The domino containing both 4 and 5 is [4,5], which is the only one absent from the 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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