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Pips answers — Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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

Easy #676

Easy

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

Medium #702

Medium

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

Hard #728

Hard

blue (=6): 2 · 2 · 2 | purple (=3): 1 · 1 · 1 | green (<2): 0 | amber (=): 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 | orange (=6): 6 | slate (>2): 3 | teal (=18): 6 · 6 · 6 | pink (=2): 2 | lime (=6): 3 · 3 | brown (<2): 0 | blue (=10): 5 · 5 | purple (=8): 4 · 4 | green (=2): 2 | amber: 4 | orange: 0 | slate: 2 | teal (=1): 1 | pink (>9): 6 · 6

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
Green3 — Add up to exactly 32
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 52
OrangeTake any value it likes1
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple<3 — Be less than 31
Green — Have no two cells showing the same number2
Amber11 — Add up to exactly 112
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate<3 — Add up to less than 32
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink<3 — Be less than 31
Lime11 — Add up to exactly 112

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 63
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 33
Green<2 — Be less than 21
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell5
Orange6 — Be exactly 61
Slate>2 — Be more than 21
Teal18 — Add up to exactly 183
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime6 — Add up to exactly 62
Brown<2 — Be less than 21
Blue10 — Add up to exactly 102
Purple8 — Add up to exactly 82
Green2 — Be exactly 21
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal1 — Be exactly 11
Pink>9 — Add up to more than 92
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