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Pips answers — Sunday, February 15, 2026

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

Easy #609

Easy

blue: 1 | purple (=2): 2 | green (=): 3 · 3 | amber (=10): 4 · 6 | orange (=1): 1 · 0 | slate (=5): 3 · 2

Medium #632

Medium

blue (=): 3 · 3 | purple (>4): 6 | green (=): 2 · 2 · 2 | amber (=5): 5 | orange (=5): 2 · 3 | slate: 1 | teal (=0): 0 | pink (=12): 6 · 6 | lime (<2): 1

Hard #658

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
Orange1 — Add up to exactly 12
Slate5 — Add up to exactly 52

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange5 — Add up to exactly 52
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink12 — Add up to exactly 122
Lime<2 — Be less than 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
Green22 — Add up to exactly 224
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 62
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate<2 — Be less than 21
Teal>3 — Be more than 31
Pink4 — Add up to exactly 42
Lime4 — Add up to exactly 42
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell2
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
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