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Pips answers — Thursday, March 26, 2026

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

Easy #750

Easy

blue (>4): 5 | purple: 2 | green (=): 2 · 2 | amber (<4): 3 | orange: 0 | slate (>11): 6 · 6

Medium #772

Medium

blue: 0 | purple (=3): 0 · 3 | green (=12): 6 · 6 · 0 | amber (>4): 5 | orange (=): 3 · 3 | slate (=): 1 · 1 | teal (=): 2 · 2 | pink (>4): 5

Hard #789

Hard

blue (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | purple (=1): 1 | green (=8): 2 · 2 · 4 | amber (=): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | orange (=): 1 · 1 · 1 | slate (=8): 6 · 2 | teal (=18): 6 · 6 · 6 | pink (=15): 4 · 5 · 6 | lime (=3): 3 | brown (=7): 3 · 4 | blue (=4): 2 · 2 | purple (<2): 0 | green (=5): 5 | amber (=5): 5

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber<4 — Be less than 41
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate>11 — Add up to more than 112

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 32
Green12 — Add up to exactly 123
Amber>4 — Be more than 41
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink>4 — Be more than 41

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
Green8 — Add up to exactly 83
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell4
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal18 — Add up to exactly 183
Pink15 — Add up to exactly 153
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown7 — Add up to exactly 72
Blue4 — Add up to exactly 42
Purple<2 — Be less than 21
Green5 — Be exactly 51
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
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