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Pips answers — Monday, February 2, 2026

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

Easy #592

Easy

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

Medium #618

Medium

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

Hard #644

Hard

blue (=): 3 · 3 | purple (>4): 5 | green (=9): 3 · 2 · 2 · 2 | amber (=9): 6 · 3 | orange (=9): 5 · 2 · 2 | slate (=8): 4 · 4 | teal (<2): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | pink (=1): 1 | lime: 3 | brown (<2): 1 | blue (=3): 3 | purple (=9): 4 · 5 | green (<2): 0 | amber (=9): 3 · 6 | orange (=1): 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 33
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal3 — Be exactly 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber>8 — Add up to more than 82
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal>0 — Be more than 01
Pink8 — Add up to exactly 82
Lime>0 — Be more than 01

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green9 — Add up to exactly 94
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange9 — Add up to exactly 93
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal<2 — Add up to less than 24
Pink1 — Be exactly 11
LimeTake any value it likes1
Brown<2 — Be less than 21
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple9 — Add up to exactly 92
Green<2 — Be less than 21
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
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