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Pips answers — Monday, January 19, 2026

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

Easy #514

Easy

blue (=3): 2 · 1 | purple: 0 | green (=7): 3 · 4 | amber (=4): 1 · 3 | orange: 2

Medium #537

Medium

blue (>4): 5 | purple (=): 1 · 1 · 1 | green (=3): 3 | amber (=1): 1 | orange: 5 | slate (=): 6 · 6 | teal: 1 | pink (=): 3 · 3 | lime (=9): 5 · 4

Hard #561

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 32
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green7 — Add up to exactly 72
Amber4 — Add up to exactly 42
OrangeTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime9 — Add up to exactly 92

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber12 — Add up to exactly 122
Orange4 — Add up to exactly 44
Slate7 — Add up to exactly 72
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell4
Lime2 — Be exactly 21
Brown10 — Add up to exactly 102
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
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