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Pips answers — Saturday, September 27, 2025

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

Easy #121

Easy

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

Medium #122

Medium

blue (<2): 0 | purple (≠): 4 · 2 · 0 · 1 | green (>2): 4 | amber (>1): 2 | orange (=7): 1 · 3 · 3

Hard #123

Hard

blue (=): 1 · 1 · 1 | purple: 0 | green (=1): 1 | amber (=5): 5 | orange: 0 | slate (=2): 2 | teal (≠): 2 · 5 · 3 · 4 · 1 | pink (=3): 3 | lime (=4): 4 | brown (=): 3 · 3 | blue (=2): 2 | purple (=0): 0 · 0 | green (=2): 2 | amber (=1): 1 | orange (=4): 4 | slate (=18): 6 · 6 · 6 | teal (=1): 0 · 1 | pink (=): 2 · 2 | lime (=3): 3 | brown (=4): 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
Green4 — Add up to exactly 42
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
OrangeTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<2 — Be less than 21
Purple — Have no two cells showing the same number4
Green>2 — Be more than 21
Amber>1 — Be more than 11
Orange7 — Add up to exactly 73

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
Teal — Have no two cells showing the same number5
Pink3 — Be exactly 31
Lime4 — Be exactly 41
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell2
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple0 — Add up to exactly 02
Green2 — Be exactly 21
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange4 — Be exactly 41
Slate18 — Add up to exactly 183
Teal1 — Add up to exactly 12
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown4 — Be exactly 41
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