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Pips answers — Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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

Easy #594

Easy

blue: 0 | purple (=2): 1 · 1 | green (=): 6 · 6 | amber (=8): 3 · 5 | orange (=): 6 · 6 | slate: 0

Medium #622

Medium

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

Hard #652

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple2 — Add up to exactly 22
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<4 — Be less than 41
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange<4 — Add up to less than 42
Slate>4 — Be more than 41
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
LimeTake any value it likes1
BrownTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell4
Lime2 — Add up to exactly 23
Brown>3 — Be more than 31
Blue>2 — Be more than 21
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
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