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Pips answers — Sunday, October 5, 2025

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

Easy #145

Easy

blue (=8): 4 · 4 | purple: 2 | green: 5 | amber (<5): 3 | orange (=): 1 · 1 · 1

Medium #146

Medium

blue (=8): 5 · 3 | purple (=13): 6 · 1 · 6 | green (=7): 4 · 2 · 1 | amber: 1 | orange: 6

Hard #147

Hard

blue (=): 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 | purple (=9): 5 · 4 · 0 | green: 3 | amber: 3 | orange (<7): 3 · 2 | slate (=8): 3 · 5 | teal (>2): 6 | pink (<6): 5 | lime (=8): 2 · 3 · 3

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue8 — Add up to exactly 82
PurpleTake any value it likes1
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber<5 — Be less than 51
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue8 — Add up to exactly 82
Purple13 — Add up to exactly 133
Green7 — Add up to exactly 73
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell4
Purple9 — Add up to exactly 93
GreenTake any value it likes1
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange<7 — Add up to less than 72
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal>2 — Be more than 21
Pink<6 — Be less than 61
Lime8 — Add up to exactly 83
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