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Pips answers — Thursday, December 11, 2025

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

Easy #411

Easy

blue (=5): 5 | purple: 3 | green (>3): 2 · 2 | amber: 0 | orange (=9): 1 · 6 · 2 | slate: 6 | teal (>3): 4

Medium #412

Medium

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

Hard #416

Hard

blue: 3 | purple (=): 2 · 2 · 2 | green (>1): 5 | amber (=): 1 · 1 | orange (=10): 5 · 5 | slate (=9): 6 · 3 | teal (=9): 4 · 3 · 2 | pink (=10): 4 · 6 | lime (=0): 0 · 0 | brown (=): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>3 — Add up to more than 32
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange9 — Add up to exactly 93
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal>3 — Be more than 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 22
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
Green6 — Be exactly 61
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate>2 — Be more than 21
Teal2 — Be exactly 21
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
LimeTake any value it likes1
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue6 — Be exactly 61
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green>1 — Be more than 11
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate9 — Add up to exactly 92
Teal9 — Add up to exactly 93
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime0 — Add up to exactly 02
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell4
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