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Pips answers — Friday, January 23, 2026

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

Easy #512

Easy

blue: 2 | purple (=5): 5 | green (=9): 4 · 5 | amber (=): 3 · 3 | orange (=9): 6 · 3 | slate (=): 0 · 0

Medium #536

Medium

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

Hard #558

Hard

blue: 0 | purple: 0 | green (=7): 1 · 1 · 5 | amber: 0 | orange (=5): 1 · 2 · 2 | slate: 0 | teal (=7): 2 · 5 | pink (=6): 3 · 3 | lime (=10): 5 · 5 | brown (=9): 3 · 6 | blue (=3): 2 · 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green9 — Add up to exactly 92
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange9 — Add up to exactly 92
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<1 — Be less than 11
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
OrangeTake any value it likes1
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal7 — Add up to exactly 72
Pink1 — Add up to exactly 12
Lime1 — Add up to exactly 12
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green7 — Add up to exactly 73
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange5 — Add up to exactly 53
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal7 — Add up to exactly 72
Pink6 — Add up to exactly 62
Lime10 — Add up to exactly 102
Brown9 — Add up to exactly 92
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 32
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