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Pips answers — Monday, September 8, 2025

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

Easy #64

Easy

blue (>2): 4 | purple: 1 | green: 2 | amber (=): 2 · 2 | orange (<2): 1

Medium #65

Medium

blue (=5): 5 | purple (≠): 5 · 6 · 1 · 4 · 2 | green: 5 | amber (=): 3 · 3 · 3

Hard #66

Hard

blue (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | purple (=5): 5 | green (=6): 6 | amber (=0): 0 · 0 | orange (=16): 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 | slate (=2): 2 | teal (=3): 3 | pink (=5): 5 | lime (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | brown (=3): 1 · 1 · 1 | blue (=3): 2 · 1 | purple (=4): 4 | green (=3): 3 | amber (=2): 2 | orange (=1): 1 | slate (=0): 0 · 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>2 — Be more than 21
PurpleTake any value it likes1
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange<2 — Be less than 21

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
Purple — Have no two cells showing the same number5
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell5
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green6 — Be exactly 61
Amber0 — Add up to exactly 02
Orange16 — Add up to exactly 164
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink5 — Be exactly 51
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell3
Brown3 — Add up to exactly 33
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 32
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate0 — Add up to exactly 02
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