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Pips answers — Thursday, March 19, 2026

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

Easy #685

Easy

blue: 1 | purple (=): 6 · 6 · 6 | green: 5 | amber (=5): 2 · 2 · 1 | orange (=): 3 · 3

Medium #710

Medium

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

Hard #735

Hard

blue (=): 4 · 4 | purple (=): 2 · 2 · 2 | green: 0 | amber (=10): 5 · 5 | orange (=1): 1 | slate (=0): 0 | teal: 0 | pink (=2): 2 | lime (=15): 3 · 6 · 6 | brown (=3): 3 | blue (=2): 2 | purple (=4): 4 | green: 1 | amber (=5): 1 · 4 | orange (=): 3 · 3 · 3

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 53
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>9 — Add up to more than 92
Purple>2 — Be more than 21
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
SlateTake any value it likes1
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink<2 — Be less than 21
Lime<2 — Be less than 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime15 — Add up to exactly 153
Brown3 — Be exactly 31
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 52
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
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