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Pips answers — Sunday, January 18, 2026

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

Easy #529

Easy

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

Medium #553

Medium

blue (=3): 0 · 3 · 0 | purple (>4): 5 | green (=4): 4 | amber (=4): 4 | orange: 6 | slate (=): 4 · 4 | teal (=2): 2 · 0 | pink (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | lime (<2): 1 | brown (=8): 3 · 3 · 2

Hard #574

Hard

blue (=3): 1 · 1 · 1 | purple (=5): 5 | green (=2): 1 · 1 | amber (=6): 6 | orange (=6): 2 · 2 · 2 | slate (=10): 3 · 3 · 4 | teal (=): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | pink (=27): 6 · 5 · 5 · 6 · 5 | lime (=4): 2 · 2 | brown (=6): 3 · 3 | blue (=1): 1 · 0 | purple (=12): 6 · 6 | green (=7): 3 · 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate<2 — Be less than 21
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink>4 — Be more than 41

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 33
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal2 — Add up to exactly 22
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell3
Lime<2 — Be less than 21
Brown8 — Add up to exactly 83

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 33
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green2 — Add up to exactly 22
Amber6 — Be exactly 61
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 63
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 103
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell4
Pink27 — Add up to exactly 275
Lime4 — Add up to exactly 42
Brown6 — Add up to exactly 62
Blue1 — Add up to exactly 12
Purple12 — Add up to exactly 122
Green7 — Add up to exactly 72
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