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Pips answers — Thursday, September 25, 2025

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

Easy #115

Easy

blue: 2 | purple (=10): 3 · 4 · 3 | green (>2): 3 | amber (=5): 5 | orange (=): 1 · 1

Medium #116

Medium

blue (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | purple (=): 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 | green (=3): 2 · 1 | amber (=1): 1 · 0 | orange (=11): 5 · 6 | slate: 4 | teal (=1): 1 | pink (=10): 5 · 5 | lime (=): 2 · 2

Hard #117

Hard

blue (>1): 2 | purple (=): 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 | green: 0 | amber (=10): 5 · 5 | orange: 0 | slate (=8): 6 · 2 | teal (=2): 1 · 1 | pink (=7): 1 · 6 | lime: 0 · 0 | brown (=6): 0 · 6

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 103
Green>2 — Be more than 21
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell5
Green3 — Add up to exactly 32
Amber1 — Add up to exactly 12
Orange11 — Add up to exactly 112
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal1 — Be exactly 11
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>1 — Be more than 11
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell5
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal2 — Add up to exactly 22
Pink7 — Add up to exactly 72
LimeTake any values it likes2
Brown6 — Add up to exactly 62
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