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Pips answers — Saturday, August 23, 2025

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

Easy #16

Easy

blue: 0 | purple (=1): 0 · 1 | green (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | amber (=4): 4 · 0

Medium #17

Medium

blue (<2): 1 | purple (=): 5 · 5 · 5 | green: 3 | amber (=12): 6 · 6 | orange (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | slate: 3 | teal: 1

Hard #18

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple1 — Add up to exactly 12
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber4 — Add up to exactly 42

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<2 — Be less than 21
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber12 — Add up to exactly 122
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
SlateTake any value it likes1
TealTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<6 — Add up to less than 64
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green4 — Add up to exactly 44
Amber3 — Be exactly 31
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
Slate6 — Be exactly 61
Teal>2 — Be more than 21
Pink6 — Be exactly 61
Lime6 — Be exactly 61
Brown6 — Be exactly 61
BlueTake any value it likes1
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