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Pips answers — Tuesday, November 25, 2025

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

Easy #334

Easy

blue: 2 | purple: 3 | green (=7): 5 · 2 | amber (=16): 6 · 5 · 5 | orange (=1): 1 | slate (=7): 4 · 3

Medium #335

Medium

blue (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | purple (=): 1 · 1 | green (=7): 3 · 1 · 3 | amber: 4 | orange: 6 | slate (=): 5 · 5 · 5

Hard #336

Hard

blue (>2): 4 | purple (=10): 4 · 6 | green: 2 | amber (=): 1 · 1 · 1 | orange (=17): 4 · 5 · 5 · 3 | slate (=0): 0 · 0 | teal (=10): 5 · 5 | pink (=5): 3 · 2 | lime (=0): 0 · 0 · 0 | brown: 2 | blue: 2 | purple (=12): 6 · 6

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green7 — Add up to exactly 72
Amber16 — Add up to exactly 163
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate7 — Add up to exactly 72

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell4
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green7 — Add up to exactly 73
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>2 — Be more than 21
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange17 — Add up to exactly 174
Slate0 — Add up to exactly 02
Teal10 — Add up to exactly 102
Pink5 — Add up to exactly 52
Lime0 — Add up to exactly 03
BrownTake any value it likes1
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple12 — Add up to exactly 122
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