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Pips answers — Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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

Easy #391

Easy

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

Medium #392

Medium

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

Hard #393

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber<3 — Add up to less than 32
OrangeTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple7 — Add up to exactly 73
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber>2 — Be more than 21
Orange>4 — Be more than 41
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal>4 — Be more than 41
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime>4 — Be more than 41
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue>1 — Be more than 11
Purple>2 — Be more than 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell6
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 103
Green10 — Add up to exactly 104
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 102
Teal10 — Add up to exactly 102
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime10 — Add up to exactly 102
Brown10 — Add up to exactly 102
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