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Pips answers — Sunday, February 8, 2026

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

Easy #596

Easy

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

Medium #621

Medium

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

Hard #647

Hard

blue (=22): 5 · 5 · 6 · 6 | purple: 2 | green (=18): 6 · 6 · 6 | amber (=1): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 · 1 | orange: 1 | slate: 1 | teal (=): 3 · 3 | pink (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | lime (=): 2 · 2 | brown (=): 5 · 5 · 5 | blue (=11): 5 · 6 | purple (>2): 4 | green: 0 | amber (>2): 3

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber<2 — Be less than 21
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate3 — Be exactly 31

Medium 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 cell4
Amber0 — Be exactly 01
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink<3 — Be less than 31
Lime>8 — Add up to more than 82

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue22 — Add up to exactly 224
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green18 — Add up to exactly 183
Amber1 — Add up to exactly 15
OrangeTake any value it likes1
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell3
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell3
Blue11 — Add up to exactly 112
Purple>2 — Be more than 21
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber>2 — Be more than 21
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