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The Painted Cube

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A 3x3x3 cube is painted on all faces and then cut into 27 small cubes. How many small cubes have exactly 2 painted faces?
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12 cubes

The answer to this riddle is 12 cubes. Difficulty: Hard ยท Solved by 24,221 puzzle lovers.

12 cubes (the edge cubes, not including corners)
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