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Pips answers — Saturday, March 14, 2026

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

Easy #669

Easy

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

Medium #695

Medium

blue (=3): 3 | purple (=): 4 · 4 | green (=14): 4 · 5 · 5 | amber (=15): 6 · 6 · 3 | orange (=9): 4 · 5 · 0 | slate: 3 | teal (>2): 3

Hard #719

Hard

blue (=15): 5 · 5 · 5 | purple (=9): 6 · 2 · 1 | green (=5): 5 | amber (=8): 2 · 6 | orange: 0 | slate (=3): 3 | teal (=7): 1 · 2 · 4 | pink (=2): 2 | lime (=5): 5 | brown (=9): 6 · 3 | blue: 0 | purple (=6): 3 · 3 | green: 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink8 — Add up to exactly 82
LimeTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green14 — Add up to exactly 143
Amber15 — Add up to exactly 153
Orange9 — Add up to exactly 93
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal>2 — Be more than 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue15 — Add up to exactly 153
Purple9 — Add up to exactly 93
Green5 — Be exactly 51
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
Teal7 — Add up to exactly 73
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime5 — Be exactly 51
Brown9 — Add up to exactly 92
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
GreenTake any value it likes1
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