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Pips answers — Wednesday, January 21, 2026

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

Easy #526

Easy

blue (=4): 4 | purple: 4 | green (>7): 5 · 3 | amber (=4): 4 | orange (=): 2 · 2 | slate (=0): 0 · 0 | teal (<2): 1

Medium #550

Medium

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

Hard #572

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>7 — Add up to more than 72
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate0 — Add up to exactly 02
Teal<2 — Be less than 21

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber4 — Add up to exactly 42
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 102
Teal4 — Add up to exactly 42
Pink>3 — Add up to more than 32

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 52
Orange3 — Add up to exactly 32
Slate<2 — Be less than 21
Teal>4 — Be more than 41
Pink>0 — Be more than 01
Lime4 — Add up to exactly 42
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell2
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber>4 — Be more than 41
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