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Pips answers — Sunday, October 12, 2025

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

Easy #166

Easy

blue (>2): 3 | purple (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | green (=0): 0 | amber (=1): 1

Medium #167

Medium

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

Hard #168

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>2 — Be more than 21
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell5
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber1 — Be exactly 11

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>5 — Be more than 51
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell4
Teal2 — Add up to exactly 22
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime7 — Add up to exactly 72

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green — Have no two cells showing the same number4
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange2 — Be exactly 21
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal2 — Be exactly 21
Pink5 — Be exactly 51
Lime — Have no two cells showing the same number3
Brown3 — Be exactly 31
BlueTake any value it likes1
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