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Pips answers — Sunday, March 8, 2026

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

Easy #682

Easy

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

Medium #707

Medium

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

Hard #727

Hard

blue (<2): 1 | purple (=): 6 · 6 · 6 | green (>2): 5 | amber (=): 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 | orange (=5): 5 | slate: 2 | teal (=10): 5 · 5 | pink (=): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | lime (<2): 0 | brown (=): 2 · 2 · 2 | blue (=): 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 | purple (=): 0 · 0 | green (=0): 0 · 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 32
Green>4 — Be more than 41
Amber3 — Be exactly 31
OrangeTake any value it likes1
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink>4 — Be more than 41

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange<2 — Add up to less than 22
Slate<2 — Add up to less than 22
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell4
Pink>5 — Be more than 51
LimeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<2 — Be less than 21
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green>2 — Be more than 21
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell5
Orange5 — Be exactly 51
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal10 — Add up to exactly 102
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell5
Lime<2 — Be less than 21
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell3
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell5
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green0 — Add up to exactly 02
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