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Pips answers — Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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

Easy #410

Easy

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

Medium #413

Medium

blue (=7): 5 · 1 · 1 | purple: 3 | green (=9): 5 · 4 | amber (=4): 0 · 4 | orange (=2): 1 · 1 | slate (=5): 3 · 2 | teal (=0): 0 | pink: 1

Hard #417

Hard

blue: 1 | purple (=14): 4 · 5 · 5 | green (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | amber (<3): 0 | orange: 3 | slate (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | teal (=17): 5 · 6 · 6 | pink (=): 4 · 4 | lime (=12): 6 · 6 | brown (<4): 3 | blue (>8): 5 · 5

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 32
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber2 — Add up to exactly 22
OrangeTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue7 — Add up to exactly 73
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green9 — Add up to exactly 92
Amber4 — Add up to exactly 42
Orange2 — Add up to exactly 22
Slate5 — Add up to exactly 52
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
PinkTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple14 — Add up to exactly 143
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber<3 — Be less than 31
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell5
Teal17 — Add up to exactly 173
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime12 — Add up to exactly 122
Brown<4 — Be less than 41
Blue>8 — Add up to more than 82
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