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Relabelled dice that can hit every sum 2 to 12

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A six-sided die has each face labelled with a number from {1,2,3,4,5,6}\{1,2,3,4,5,6\}; labels may repeat and need not all be used. Two dice with the same face multiset count as the same die. Rolling such a die twice, all faces equally likely, how many different dice make every total from 22 to 1212 possible?

Short answer

1111. Totals 2,3,11,122,3,11,12 force the faces 1,2,5,61,2,5,6. Total 55 (and 99) then needs a 33 or a 44. The sixth face is free, so there are 66 dice containing a 33, 66 containing a 44, and 11 (the standard die) containing both: 6+6−1=116+6-1=11.

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