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Pips answers — Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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

Easy #664

Easy

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

Medium #689

Medium

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

Hard #713

Hard

blue (=5): 5 | purple: 2 | green (=4): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | amber (=11): 4 · 4 · 3 | orange (=3): 3 | slate (=10): 5 · 5 | teal: 2 | pink (=9): 5 · 4 | lime (=24): 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 | brown (=0): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | blue: 2 | purple (=10): 3 · 3 · 4 | green (=10): 5 · 5 | amber: 2 | orange: 2 | slate (=3): 3

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>4 — Be more than 41
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink3 — Be exactly 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange>3 — Be more than 31
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell4
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green4 — Add up to exactly 44
Amber11 — Add up to exactly 113
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 102
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink9 — Add up to exactly 92
Lime24 — Add up to exactly 244
Brown0 — Add up to exactly 04
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 103
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
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