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Pips answers — Tuesday, December 30, 2025

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

Easy #468

Easy

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

Medium #473

Medium

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

Hard #475

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue12 — Add up to exactly 123
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green2 — Be exactly 21
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Add up to exactly 42
PurpleTake any value it likes1
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber6 — Be exactly 61
Orange6 — Be exactly 61
Slate4 — Add up to exactly 43
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink4 — Add up to exactly 42
Lime6 — Add up to exactly 62

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell4
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell5
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber1 — Add up to exactly 12
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell4
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime>1 — Be more than 11
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