Easy #1,387
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3
2
5
5
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4
4
6
blue: 1 | purple (=5): 3 · 2 | green (=): 5 · 5 | amber (=): 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 | orange (>1): 6
Medium #1,395
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4
2
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1
5
5
5
5
0
4
3
0
blue (<1): 0 | purple: 4 | green (=3): 2 · 1 | amber (>2): 4 | orange (=1): 1 · 0 | slate (>9): 5 · 5 | teal (>9): 5 · 5 | pink (>3): 4 | lime: 3 | brown (<1): 0
Hard #1,399
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6
0
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5
2
0
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1
4
3
5
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1
4
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blue: 2 | purple (=4): 4 | green (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | amber (>8): 3 · 2 · 4 | orange (=1): 1 | slate (=6): 6 | teal (=2): 1 · 1 | pink (=5): 5 | lime (≠): 2 · 4 | brown: 3 | blue (=1): 1 | purple (>9): 3 · 4 · 3 | green (=): 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 | amber: 1 | orange: 1 | slate (=0): 0 | teal (=2): 2
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Easy board — region rules
| Region | Rule | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | Take any value it likes | 1 |
| Purple | 5 — Add up to exactly 5 | 2 |
| Green | = — Show the same number on every cell | 2 |
| Amber | = — Show the same number on every cell | 4 |
| Orange | >1 — Be more than 1 | 1 |
Medium board — region rules
| Region | Rule | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | <1 — Be less than 1 | 1 |
| Purple | Take any value it likes | 1 |
| Green | 3 — Add up to exactly 3 | 2 |
| Amber | >2 — Be more than 2 | 1 |
| Orange | 1 — Add up to exactly 1 | 2 |
| Slate | >9 — Add up to more than 9 | 2 |
| Teal | >9 — Add up to more than 9 | 2 |
| Pink | >3 — Be more than 3 | 1 |
| Lime | Take any value it likes | 1 |
| Brown | <1 — Be less than 1 | 1 |
Hard board — region rules
| Region | Rule | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | Take any value it likes | 1 |
| Purple | 4 — Be exactly 4 | 1 |
| Green | = — Show the same number on every cell | 3 |
| Amber | >8 — Add up to more than 8 | 3 |
| Orange | 1 — Be exactly 1 | 1 |
| Slate | 6 — Be exactly 6 | 1 |
| Teal | 2 — Add up to exactly 2 | 2 |
| Pink | 5 — Be exactly 5 | 1 |
| Lime | ≠ — Have no two cells showing the same number | 2 |
| Brown | Take any value it likes | 1 |
| Blue | 1 — Be exactly 1 | 1 |
| Purple | >9 — Add up to more than 9 | 3 |
| Green | = — Show the same number on every cell | 4 |
| Amber | Take any value it likes | 1 |
| Orange | Take any value it likes | 1 |
| Slate | 0 — Be exactly 0 | 1 |
| Teal | 2 — Be exactly 2 | 1 |