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Pips answers — Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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

Easy #476

Easy

blue: 1 | purple (=7): 5 · 2 | green (=8): 4 · 4 | amber (=18): 6 · 6 · 6 | orange (=3): 3 | slate (=): 3 · 3 | teal: 0

Medium #477

Medium

blue (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | purple (=): 6 · 6 · 6 | green: 5 | amber (=11): 5 · 3 · 3 | orange (=7): 6 · 1 | slate: 0 | teal: 0

Hard #478

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple7 — Add up to exactly 72
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
Amber18 — Add up to exactly 183
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
TealTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber11 — Add up to exactly 113
Orange7 — Add up to exactly 72
SlateTake any value it likes1
TealTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>1 — Be more than 11
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber>2 — Be more than 21
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell5
TealTake any value it likes1
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime12 — Add up to exactly 122
Brown3 — Be exactly 31
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green5 — Be exactly 51
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