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Pips answers — Thursday, December 4, 2025

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

Easy #397

Easy

blue (=1): 1 | purple (=): 5 · 5 | green (=11): 3 · 4 · 4 | amber (=12): 6 · 6 | orange (=): 0 · 0

Medium #400

Medium

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

Hard #405

Hard

blue (=1): 1 · 0 | purple (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | green (>4): 5 | amber (>1): 2 | orange (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | slate (>3): 4 | teal (=1): 1 | pink (=0): 0 | lime (=0): 0 · 0 | brown: 4 | blue (≠): 2 · 0 · 3 · 1 · 4 | purple (=11): 5 · 6 | green (=1): 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green11 — Add up to exactly 113
Amber12 — Add up to exactly 122
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 62
Purple6 — Be exactly 61
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell4
Orange5 — Add up to exactly 52
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal5 — Be exactly 51
Pink5 — Be exactly 51
Lime5 — Be exactly 51
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue>3 — Be more than 31

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue1 — Add up to exactly 12
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green>4 — Be more than 41
Amber>1 — Be more than 11
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
Teal1 — Be exactly 11
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime0 — Add up to exactly 02
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue — Have no two cells showing the same number5
Purple11 — Add up to exactly 112
Green1 — Be exactly 11
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