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Pips answers — Saturday, December 27, 2025

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

Easy #469

Easy

blue (=): 6 · 6 | purple (=6): 4 · 2 | green (=5): 0 · 5 | amber (=8): 6 · 2 | orange (=10): 5 · 5 | slate (=4): 0 · 4

Medium #472

Medium

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

Hard #474

Hard

blue (=11): 6 · 5 | purple (=2): 2 | green (>3): 5 | amber (=): 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 | orange (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | slate (=12): 6 · 6 | teal (>2): 5 | pink (≠): 1 · 2 · 4 | lime: 2 | brown (=0): 0 · 0 | blue (=5): 5 | purple (=10): 4 · 2 · 4 | green (=4): 4 | amber (=1): 1 | orange (=5): 5 | slate (=2): 2 | teal (=2): 1 · 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
Green5 — Add up to exactly 52
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate4 — Add up to exactly 42

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Add up to exactly 42
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber>2 — Be more than 21
OrangeTake any value it likes1
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal6 — Be exactly 61
Pink6 — Add up to exactly 62
Lime<1 — Be less than 11
Brown>1 — Be more than 11
Blue>0 — Be more than 01

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue11 — Add up to exactly 112
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell4
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate12 — Add up to exactly 122
Teal>2 — Be more than 21
Pink — Have no two cells showing the same number3
LimeTake any value it likes1
Brown0 — Add up to exactly 02
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 103
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange5 — Be exactly 51
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
Teal2 — Add up to exactly 22
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