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Pips answers — Saturday, November 22, 2025

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

Easy #325

Easy

blue (=1): 1 | purple: 0 | green (>2): 3 | amber (=): 2 · 2 · 2 | orange: 3 | slate (=): 1 · 1 | teal (=6): 6

Medium #326

Medium

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

Hard #327

Hard

blue: 3 | purple (=1): 1 | green (=14): 5 · 5 · 4 | amber (=14): 6 · 6 · 2 | orange (=1): 1 | slate (=): 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 | teal (=4): 4 | pink (=): 2 · 2 | lime (=4): 4 | brown: 3 | blue (=): 1 · 1 | purple: 0 | green (=1): 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>2 — Be more than 21
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal6 — Be exactly 61

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate5 — Be exactly 51
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink<4 — Add up to less than 43
Lime>6 — Add up to more than 62

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
Green14 — Add up to exactly 143
Amber14 — Add up to exactly 143
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell4
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime4 — Be exactly 41
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green1 — Be exactly 11
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