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Pips answers — Saturday, April 25, 2026

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

Easy #809

Easy

blue (>4): 6 | purple (=): 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 | green (=): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | amber (<6): 5

Medium #821

Medium

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

Hard #832

Hard

blue (=5): 1 · 1 · 2 · 1 | purple (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | green (=10): 4 · 6 | amber (>1): 2 | orange (=): 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 | slate: 3 | teal (=7): 4 · 3 | pink (>0): 1 | lime (=): 0 · 0 | brown (=): 4 · 4 · 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
Green= — Show the same number on every cell4
Amber<6 — Be less than 61

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple6 — Be exactly 61
Green>0 — Be more than 01
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 62
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 62
Teal<4 — Add up to less than 42

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Add up to exactly 54
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
Amber>1 — Be more than 11
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell5
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal7 — Add up to exactly 72
Pink>0 — Be more than 01
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell3
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