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Pips answers — Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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

Easy #530

Easy

blue (=3): 1 · 2 | purple (=7): 1 · 6 | green: 3 | amber (=9): 4 · 5 | orange (=): 6 · 6 | slate: 1

Medium #554

Medium

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

Hard #576

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 32
Purple7 — Add up to exactly 72
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue10 — Add up to exactly 102
Purple<3 — Be less than 31
Green>3 — Be more than 31
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal>1 — Be more than 11
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2
BrownTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>8 — Add up to more than 82
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell6
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink5 — Be exactly 51
LimeTake any value it likes1
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell3
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green<2 — Add up to less than 22
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange<5 — Be less than 51
Slate<6 — Add up to less than 62
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