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Pips answers — Monday, September 1, 2025

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

Easy #43

Easy

blue: 4 | purple (=): 5 · 5 · 5 | green: 0 | amber (>4): 6 | orange (<4): 1 | slate: 4

Medium #44

Medium

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

Hard #45

Hard

blue (=0): 0 | purple (=0): 0 | green (=8): 3 · 5 | amber: 1 | orange (=8): 4 · 4 | slate (=8): 3 · 5 | teal (=8): 2 · 6 | pink (=8): 6 · 2 | lime: 4 | brown (=0): 0 | blue (=0): 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber>4 — Be more than 41
Orange<4 — Be less than 41
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell4
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell5
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
OrangeTake any value it likes1
SlateTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange8 — Add up to exactly 82
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal8 — Add up to exactly 82
Pink8 — Add up to exactly 82
LimeTake any value it likes1
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
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