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Pips answers — Monday, March 16, 2026

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

Easy #678

Easy

blue (=18): 6 · 6 · 0 · 6 | purple (=2): 2 | green: 5 | amber (=8): 5 · 3 | orange (=): 0 · 0

Medium #705

Medium

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

Hard #729

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue18 — Add up to exactly 184
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange<2 — Be less than 21
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 62
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue9 — Add up to exactly 92
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell5
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber3 — Be exactly 31
Orange2 — Be exactly 21
Slate — Have no two cells showing the same number7
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime4 — Be exactly 41
Brown15 — Add up to exactly 153
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 62
Orange6 — Be exactly 61
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