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Pips answers — Friday, September 26, 2025

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

Easy #118

Easy

blue (=): 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 | purple (<3): 0 | green: 3 | amber (>3): 4

Medium #119

Medium

blue (=6): 6 | purple (=15): 5 · 5 · 5 | green: 3 | amber (=9): 4 · 5 | orange (=3): 1 · 2 | slate (=10): 6 · 4 | teal (=1): 1 · 0 | pink (=0): 0

Hard #120

Hard

blue (<2): 1 | purple (=): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | green: 5 | amber (<2): 0 | orange (=2): 2 | slate: 3 · 2 · 2 | teal (≠): 3 · 5 | pink (<2): 1 | lime (=22): 6 · 6 · 5 · 5 | brown (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | blue (=2): 2

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell5
Purple<3 — Be less than 31
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber>3 — Be more than 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Be exactly 61
Purple15 — Add up to exactly 153
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange3 — Add up to exactly 32
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 102
Teal1 — Add up to exactly 12
Pink0 — Be exactly 01

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<2 — Be less than 21
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber<2 — Be less than 21
Orange2 — Be exactly 21
SlateTake any values it likes3
Teal — Have no two cells showing the same number2
Pink<2 — Be less than 21
Lime22 — Add up to exactly 224
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell3
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
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