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Pips answers — Wednesday, September 3, 2025

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

Easy #49

Easy

blue: 0 | purple (=4): 4 | green (=10): 6 · 4 | amber: 3 | orange (=): 2 · 2 | slate: 1

Medium #50

Medium

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

Hard #51

Hard

blue (=9): 2 · 2 · 0 · 5 | purple (=2): 2 | green (=4): 4 | amber (=7): 3 · 1 · 3 | orange (=5): 5 | slate (=3): 3 | teal (=6): 6 | pink (=1): 1 | lime (=8): 6 · 1 · 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange8 — Add up to exactly 82
Slate>4 — Be more than 41
Teal<3 — Be less than 31

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue9 — Add up to exactly 94
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber7 — Add up to exactly 73
Orange5 — Be exactly 51
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
Teal6 — Be exactly 61
Pink1 — Be exactly 11
Lime8 — Add up to exactly 83
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