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Pips answers — Wednesday, December 24, 2025

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

Easy #447

Easy

blue: 0 | purple (=): 2 · 2 | green (>3): 4 | amber (=12): 6 · 6 | orange (=6): 6 | slate (=1): 1 | teal (=): 3 · 3

Medium #451

Medium

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

Hard #456

Hard

blue (=12): 3 · 3 · 6 | purple (=6): 6 | green (=12): 4 · 4 · 4 | amber (=4): 4 | orange (=5): 5 | slate (=): 2 · 2 | teal (=0): 0 · 0 | pink: 3 | lime (=11): 3 · 3 · 5 | brown (=2): 1 · 1 | blue (=0): 0 | purple: 2 | green (=11): 5 · 6 | amber: 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber12 — Add up to exactly 122
Orange6 — Be exactly 61
Slate1 — Be exactly 11
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 32
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate4 — Be exactly 41
Teal4 — Add up to exactly 42
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime>7 — Add up to more than 72

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue12 — Add up to exactly 123
Purple6 — Be exactly 61
Green12 — Add up to exactly 123
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
Orange5 — Be exactly 51
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal0 — Add up to exactly 02
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime11 — Add up to exactly 113
Brown2 — Add up to exactly 22
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green11 — Add up to exactly 112
AmberTake any value it likes1
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