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Pips answers — Thursday, October 30, 2025

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

Easy #220

Easy

blue (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | purple: 1 | green: 1 | amber (=): 3 · 3 | orange: 2 | slate (=0): 0 · 0

Medium #221

Medium

blue (=6): 2 · 2 · 2 | purple (=): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | green (=6): 4 · 2 | amber (=11): 6 · 5 | orange (=8): 3 · 5

Hard #222

Hard

blue (>1): 3 | purple (<5): 1 | green (=): 5 · 5 · 5 | amber (=17): 5 · 6 · 6 | orange (=25): 6 · 6 · 2 · 2 · 4 · 5 | slate (=0): 0 | teal: 6 | pink (=2): 2 | lime (=1): 0 · 1 | brown: 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
PurpleTake any value it likes1
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate0 — Add up to exactly 02

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 63
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell5
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber11 — Add up to exactly 112
Orange8 — Add up to exactly 82

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>1 — Be more than 11
Purple<5 — Be less than 51
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber17 — Add up to exactly 173
Orange25 — Add up to exactly 256
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime1 — Add up to exactly 12
BrownTake any value it likes1
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