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Pips answers — Monday, August 18, 2025

The finished Easy, Medium and Hard boards for this day, with every region rule satisfied.

Easy #1

Easy

blue: 3 | purple (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | green (=5): 5 | amber (=12): 6 · 6

Medium #2

Medium

blue (<13): 3 · 4 · 4 | purple: 6 | green (=18): 6 · 6 · 6 | amber (<3): 1 | orange (=2): 2 | slate (>4): 5

Hard #3

Hard

blue (<3): 1 · 1 | purple: 1 | green (=): 3 · 3 | amber (=): 6 · 6 | orange (=1): 1 | slate (=): 2 · 2 | teal (=18): 6 · 6 · 6 | pink (=10): 5 · 5 | lime (=0): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | brown (=4): 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
Green5 — Be exactly 51
Amber12 — Add up to exactly 122

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<13 — Add up to less than 133
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green18 — Add up to exactly 183
Amber<3 — Be less than 31
Orange2 — Be exactly 21
Slate>4 — Be more than 41

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<3 — Add up to less than 32
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal18 — Add up to exactly 183
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime0 — Add up to exactly 04
Brown4 — Be exactly 41
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