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Pips answers — Wednesday, November 5, 2025

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

Easy #238

Easy

blue (=12): 4 · 4 · 4 | purple: 2 | green (=2): 1 · 1 | amber (=0): 0 · 0

Medium #239

Medium

blue: 0 | purple: 0 | green (=12): 6 · 6 | amber (=5): 2 · 2 · 1 | orange: 0 | slate (>3): 4 | teal: 0 | pink: 0 | lime (>3): 5

Hard #240

Hard

blue: 1 | purple (=10): 5 · 5 | green: 6 | amber (=0): 0 | orange (=): 3 · 3 | slate (=10): 5 · 5 | teal: 1 | pink: 0 | lime (=10): 4 · 6 | brown: 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue12 — Add up to exactly 123
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green2 — Add up to exactly 22
Amber0 — Add up to exactly 02

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green12 — Add up to exactly 122
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 53
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
TealTake any value it likes1
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime>3 — Be more than 31

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber0 — Be exactly 01
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 102
TealTake any value it likes1
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime10 — Add up to exactly 102
BrownTake any value it likes1
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