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Pips answers — Thursday, September 4, 2025

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

Easy #52

Easy

blue (=5): 3 · 1 · 1 | purple (=0): 0 | green (=10): 5 · 5 | amber (=9): 6 · 3

Medium #53

Medium

blue (=): 2 · 2 | purple (=): 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 | green (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | amber: 5 | orange (=1): 1 | slate: 0

Hard #54

Hard

blue (=24): 5 · 5 · 4 · 5 · 5 | purple (>1): 2 | green (=0): 0 | amber: 3 | orange (=4): 0 · 3 · 1 | slate (=): 1 · 1 | teal: 3 | pink (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | lime (=0): 0 · 0 | brown: 2

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Add up to exactly 53
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
SlateTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue24 — Add up to exactly 245
Purple>1 — Be more than 11
Green0 — Be exactly 01
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange4 — Add up to exactly 43
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell3
Lime0 — Add up to exactly 02
BrownTake any value it likes1
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