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Pips answers — Tuesday, December 16, 2025

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

Easy #427

Easy

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

Medium #431

Medium

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

Hard #438

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple1 — Add up to exactly 12
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink8 — Add up to exactly 82
Lime6 — Be exactly 61

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green<2 — Be less than 21
Amber<5 — Be less than 51
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate — Have no two cells showing the same number4
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green — Have no two cells showing the same number2
Amber>4 — Be more than 41
Orange2 — Add up to exactly 22
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
Teal<4 — Be less than 41
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell7
Lime<6 — Be less than 61
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
Green<2 — Be less than 21
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange<3 — Be less than 31
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