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Pips answers — Sunday, March 29, 2026

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

Easy #762

Easy

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

Medium #782

Medium

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

Hard #800

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 52
Orange5 — Add up to exactly 52
Slate3 — Be exactly 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>1 — Be more than 11
Green<4 — Be less than 41
Amber4 — Add up to exactly 42
Orange<4 — Be less than 41
Slate4 — Add up to exactly 42
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink3 — Add up to exactly 33
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell4
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime10 — Add up to exactly 103
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue>10 — Add up to more than 102
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell4
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