AMC 8 2026 - Problem 15

Elijah has a large collection of identical wooden cubes which are white on 4 faces and gray on 2 faces that share an edge. He glues some cubes together face-to-face. The figure below shows 2 cubes being glued together, leaving 3 gray faces visible. What is the fewest number of cubes that he could glue together to ensure that no gray faces are visible, no matter how he rotates the figure?

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