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Pips answers — Thursday, October 23, 2025

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

Easy #199

Easy

blue: 4 | purple (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | green (=3): 1 · 1 · 1 | amber (<1): 0 · 0 · 0 | orange (<5): 4 | slate: 5

Medium #200

Medium

blue (=9): 1 · 5 · 3 | purple (<2): 1 · 0 | green: 3 | amber: 1 | orange: 0 | slate (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | teal (=27): 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 · 3 | pink (>4): 5

Hard #201

Hard

blue (=): 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 | purple (<7): 1 · 0 · 1 · 4 | green (<2): 1 | amber (=2): 2 | orange (=24): 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 | slate: 4 | teal (=26): 6 · 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 | pink (=): 4 · 4 | lime (=): 2 · 2 · 2 | brown: 4 | blue (=1): 1 · 0 · 0 · 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green3 — Add up to exactly 33
Amber<1 — Add up to less than 13
Orange<5 — Be less than 51
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue9 — Add up to exactly 93
Purple<2 — Add up to less than 22
GreenTake any value it likes1
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell4
Teal27 — Add up to exactly 275
Pink>4 — Be more than 41

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell6
Purple<7 — Add up to less than 74
Green<2 — Be less than 21
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange24 — Add up to exactly 244
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal26 — Add up to exactly 265
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell3
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue1 — Add up to exactly 14
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