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Pips answers — Saturday, March 28, 2026

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

Easy #755

Easy

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

Medium #777

Medium

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

Hard #794

Hard

blue (=11): 5 · 6 | purple (=5): 1 · 4 | green (=4): 1 · 3 | amber (=): 2 · 2 | orange (=11): 5 · 6 | slate (=6): 6 | teal (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | pink (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | lime (=5): 3 · 2 | brown (=): 5 · 5 · 5 | blue (=8): 4 · 4 | purple (=10): 4 · 6 | green (=2): 1 · 1 | amber (=5): 2 · 3

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>1 — Be more than 11
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber3 — Be exactly 31
Orange>1 — Be more than 11
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal10 — Add up to exactly 102

Medium 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
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal5 — Be exactly 51
Pink<4 — Be less than 41
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue11 — Add up to exactly 112
Purple5 — Add up to exactly 52
Green4 — Add up to exactly 42
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange11 — Add up to exactly 112
Slate6 — Be exactly 61
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell3
Lime5 — Add up to exactly 52
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell3
Blue8 — Add up to exactly 82
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
Green2 — Add up to exactly 22
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 52
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