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Pips answers — Wednesday, August 27, 2025

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

Easy #28

Easy

blue (=1): 1 | purple (=): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | green (=18): 6 · 6 · 6

Medium #29

Medium

blue (>2): 3 | purple (<5): 4 | green: 2 | amber (=12): 6 · 6 | orange: 3 | slate (=): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | teal: 5 | pink: 0 | lime: 0 | brown: 2 | blue (>4): 5

Hard #30

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
Green18 — Add up to exactly 183

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>2 — Be more than 21
Purple<5 — Be less than 51
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber12 — Add up to exactly 122
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell5
TealTake any value it likes1
PinkTake any value it likes1
LimeTake any value it likes1
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue>4 — Be more than 41

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Be exactly 61
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green= — Show the same number on every cell5
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
SlateTake any value it likes1
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink0 — Add up to exactly 02
Lime>3 — Be more than 31
BrownTake any value it likes1
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple6 — Be exactly 61
Green2 — Be exactly 21
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