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Pips answers — Saturday, November 15, 2025

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

Easy #304

Easy

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

Medium #305

Medium

blue (=): 6 · 6 · 6 | purple: 3 | green: 0 | amber (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | orange (=): 4 · 4 | slate: 3 | teal (=): 5 · 5 · 5

Hard #306

Hard

blue (=2): 2 | purple (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | green (=): 6 · 6 · 6 | amber (=): 3 · 3 | orange (=10): 5 · 5 | slate (=4): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | teal (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | pink (=): 2 · 2 | lime: 3 | brown (=0): 0 · 0 · 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue8 — Add up to exactly 82
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber4 — Add up to exactly 42
Orange2 — Be exactly 21

Medium 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 cell5
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate4 — Add up to exactly 44
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
LimeTake any value it likes1
Brown0 — Add up to exactly 03
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