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Pips answers — Saturday, December 20, 2025

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

Easy #454

Easy

blue (=8): 4 · 4 | purple: 1 | green (=0): 0 | amber: 3 | orange (=): 3 · 3 | slate (=): 2 · 2 | teal (=0): 0

Medium #459

Medium

blue (=7): 6 · 1 | purple (=2): 1 · 1 | green (<4): 1 | amber: 5 | orange (=5): 2 · 0 · 0 · 3 | slate (=0): 0 | teal (<6): 3 · 0 | pink: 6

Hard #460

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue8 — Add up to exactly 82
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green0 — Be exactly 01
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal0 — Be exactly 01

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue7 — Add up to exactly 72
Purple2 — Add up to exactly 22
Green<4 — Be less than 41
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange5 — Add up to exactly 54
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal<6 — Add up to less than 62
PinkTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell4
Purple8 — Add up to exactly 84
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell6
Orange0 — Add up to exactly 03
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink2 — Add up to exactly 22
Lime4 — Add up to exactly 42
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