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Pips answers — Saturday, February 7, 2026

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

Easy #590

Easy

blue (=30): 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 | purple (>3): 4 | green (<1): 0 | amber (<3): 2

Medium #619

Medium

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

Hard #645

Hard

blue (=5): 4 · 1 | purple (=3): 2 · 1 | green (=8): 4 · 4 | amber (=9): 5 · 4 | orange (=7): 4 · 3 | slate (=2): 1 · 1 | teal (=4): 1 · 3 | pink (=11): 5 · 6 | lime (=6): 4 · 2 | brown (=10): 5 · 5

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue30 — Add up to exactly 305
Purple>3 — Be more than 31
Green<1 — Be less than 11
Amber<3 — Be less than 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Be exactly 61
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber7 — Add up to exactly 72
Orange7 — Add up to exactly 72
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell4
Pink<2 — Add up to less than 22
LimeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Add up to exactly 52
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 32
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange7 — Add up to exactly 72
Slate2 — Add up to exactly 22
Teal4 — Add up to exactly 42
Pink11 — Add up to exactly 112
Lime6 — Add up to exactly 62
Brown10 — Add up to exactly 102
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