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Pips answers — Monday, February 23, 2026

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

Easy #578

Easy

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

Medium #580

Medium

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

Hard #607

Hard

blue (=4): 2 · 2 | purple: 0 | green (=4): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | amber: 0 | orange: 0 | slate (=11): 5 · 6 | teal (=4): 2 · 2 | pink (=17): 6 · 6 · 5 | lime: 0 | brown: 0 | blue (=4): 4 | purple (=12): 6 · 6 | green (=4): 2 · 2 | amber: 0 | orange: 0 | slate (=9): 3 · 3 · 3

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 62
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green6 — Be exactly 61
Amber6 — Be exactly 61
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate4 — Be exactly 41
Teal6 — Add up to exactly 62

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue7 — Add up to exactly 72
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green7 — Add up to exactly 72
Amber>2 — Be more than 21
OrangeTake any value it likes1
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal7 — Add up to exactly 73
PinkTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Add up to exactly 42
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green4 — Add up to exactly 44
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate11 — Add up to exactly 112
Teal4 — Add up to exactly 42
Pink17 — Add up to exactly 173
LimeTake any value it likes1
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple12 — Add up to exactly 122
Green4 — Add up to exactly 42
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate9 — Add up to exactly 93
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