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Pips answers — Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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

Easy #584

Easy

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

Medium #613

Medium

blue (<3): 2 | purple (=11): 2 · 4 · 5 | green (>4): 5 | amber (=8): 3 · 5 | orange (>1): 6 | slate: 1 | teal (=): 1 · 1 | pink: 0

Hard #641

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber>5 — Be more than 51
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate1 — Be exactly 11

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<3 — Be less than 31
Purple11 — Add up to exactly 113
Green>4 — Be more than 41
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
Orange>1 — Be more than 11
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
PinkTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber<2 — Be less than 21
Orange12 — Add up to exactly 122
Slate>2 — Be more than 21
Teal2 — Add up to exactly 22
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime5 — Add up to exactly 52
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell5
Blue<3 — Be less than 31
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 53
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate5 — Add up to exactly 52
Teal>5 — Be more than 51
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