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Pips answers — Thursday, August 28, 2025

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

Easy #31

Easy

blue (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | purple (=17): 2 · 5 · 5 · 5 | green: 1

Medium #32

Medium

blue: 4 | purple (=12): 6 · 6 | green: 2 | amber (=): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | orange (=17): 4 · 5 · 4 · 4

Hard #33

Hard

blue (=): 1 · 1 | purple (>1): 3 | green (=7): 2 · 0 · 3 · 2 | amber (<2): 1 · 0 | orange: 2 | slate (=17): 6 · 6 · 5 | teal (=9): 5 · 4 | pink (=0): 0 | lime (=1): 1 | brown (=6): 6 | blue (=0): 0 · 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple17 — Add up to exactly 174
GreenTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple12 — Add up to exactly 122
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell4
Orange17 — Add up to exactly 174

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple>1 — Be more than 11
Green7 — Add up to exactly 74
Amber<2 — Add up to less than 22
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate17 — Add up to exactly 173
Teal9 — Add up to exactly 92
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime1 — Be exactly 11
Brown6 — Be exactly 61
Blue0 — Add up to exactly 02
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