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Pips answers — Friday, January 2, 2026

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

Easy #483

Easy

blue (>5): 6 | purple (<2): 1 | green (=0): 0 | amber (=): 5 · 5 · 5 | orange (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | slate (>1): 2

Medium #489

Medium

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

Hard #493

Hard

blue (=2): 0 · 0 · 2 | purple (≠): 6 · 4 | green (>9): 5 · 5 | amber (=): 3 · 3 | orange (=): 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 | slate (=8): 0 · 4 · 4 | teal (=10): 5 · 5 · 0 | pink (=5): 1 · 2 · 2

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>5 — Be more than 51
Purple<2 — Be less than 21
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate>1 — Be more than 11

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple12 — Add up to exactly 122
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
Amber2 — Add up to exactly 22
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
Teal6 — Add up to exactly 62
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 23
Purple — Have no two cells showing the same number2
Green>9 — Add up to more than 92
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 83
Teal10 — Add up to exactly 103
Pink5 — Add up to exactly 53
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