--- title: "Domino Search for beginners: free printable with answers" description: "Free printable domino puzzles for beginners with answers. Learn the two moves on a small set, with the answer on page two." source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/domino-search/for-beginners" --- 1. [Home](https://www.oncebooks.com/) 2. [Domino Search](https://www.oncebooks.com/domino-search) 3. For beginners Free printable # For beginners Domino Search New to this? Start with the doubles and look for any pair of values that sit beside each other only once on the whole grid. Each of those is settled immediately, and each one you draw in takes squares away from everything around it. PuzzleDesign Difficulty A bigger set is harder, and each grade picks the layout with the longest chain of deductions. Every puzzle splits exactly one way. double-4 set, 5×6. Every piece of the set is in the grid once, with the boundaries rubbed out. Draw them back in. Theme ClassicBoldSoftShadedNavyIndigoSkyTealEmeraldForestPlumBerryCrimsonEmberAmberCocoa **Customise colours** Numbers Cell lines Box lines Page background Style StandardClean Clean drops the title band and footer, leaving the grid. Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF Two pages: the puzzle and its answer. Every puzzle is proved to have exactly one answer by the same engine as our KDP studio. ## Want the whole book? This makes one puzzle. Sign up to turn it into a full Domino Search book for Amazon KDP: hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as print-ready PDFs. [Build the full book](https://app.oncebooks.com/publisher-studio/domino-search/edit?from=domino-search&v=2&s=eyJkaWZmaWN1bHR5IjoiRUFTWSIsImNvbG9yVGhlbWUiOnsidGhlbWVJZCI6ImNsYXNzaWMiLCJvdmVycmlkZXMiOnt9fX0) Free to build · pay once to export Preview The puzzle and its answer, as they print. Hide the preview - Domino Search Easy 1 Puzzle - Domino Search Easy · Solution 2 Solution Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF ## How to solve a domino search Every piece of a complete domino set is laid out in the grid with the boundaries rubbed out. Draw them back in so that each piece appears exactly once, which is the only rule there is. ### The method 1. Start with the pieces that only fit one way. Run down the checklist and ask where each piece could possibly go. A double, or any pair of values that sit next to each other only once on the whole board, is settled before you have drawn anything. 2. Then look at cells rather than pieces. Each cell has to belong to some domino. When all but one of its neighbours have been taken, the one left is forced, whatever piece it turns out to be. This is the move that keeps a board going after the obvious pieces are gone. 3. Cross each piece off as you place it. That is what the checklist under the grid is for. It is not bookkeeping, it is the solve: a piece you have already used cannot be used again, and that is usually what rules out the next candidate. 4. Watch for a cell being cut off. If a cell ends up with no uncovered neighbour, something earlier is wrong. The same goes for a piece whose every position has been built over. Both are worth checking before you go further. **The one rule people get wrong** A piece is used once and only once. Two 4-6s in the finished grid is not a near miss, it means a boundary somewhere else is in the wrong place. **What the answer page shows** The same grid with every domino outlined. **How the grades differ** A bigger set, and a layout chosen for a longer chain of deductions. Most random layouts of a set have more than one answer; the ones printed here are the small minority that have exactly one. **Good for** Anyone who likes crossing things off a list as they go. ## Making a whole Domino Search book? This page makes one puzzle. To publish a book on Amazon KDP, the [KDP Domino Search maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-domino-search-maker) generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF. ## More printable domino puzzles - [Domino Search with a checklist](https://www.oncebooks.com/domino-search/with-checklist) - [Large print Domino Search](https://www.oncebooks.com/domino-search/large-print) - [Easy Domino Search](https://www.oncebooks.com/domino-search/easy) - [Medium Domino Search](https://www.oncebooks.com/domino-search/medium) - [Double-six Domino Search](https://www.oncebooks.com/domino-search/double-six) - [Hard Domino Search](https://www.oncebooks.com/domino-search/hard) [See every printable Domino Search](https://www.oncebooks.com/domino-search) ## Questions **Are these domino search for beginners free to print?** Yes. Generate the puzzle above and print it with its answer, at no cost and with no sign-up. **Does every puzzle have one solution?** Yes. Most layouts of a domino set can be split more than one way; every puzzle here is checked so the pips fix exactly one partition before it prints. The answer is on the second page. **Can I make a Domino Search book to sell on KDP?** Yes. The free tool makes one puzzle. The KDP Domino Search maker generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.