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Pips answers — Monday, March 30, 2026

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

Easy #751

Easy

blue (=13): 6 · 4 · 3 | purple (=): 0 · 0 | green (>3): 4 | amber (=4): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | orange (=10): 5 · 5

Medium #773

Medium

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

Hard #791

Hard

blue (>8): 5 · 6 | purple (=3): 1 · 1 · 1 · 0 | green (=5): 2 · 3 | amber (=2): 1 · 1 | orange (=8): 3 · 5 | slate (>8): 6 · 5 | teal (=9): 4 · 5 | pink (=3): 2 · 1 | lime (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | brown (=2): 2 · 0 | blue (=0): 0 · 0 · 0 | purple (=6): 2 · 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue13 — Add up to exactly 133
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber4 — Add up to exactly 44
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<4 — Add up to less than 42
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber<3 — Be less than 31
Orange>4 — Be more than 41
Slate>4 — Be more than 41
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime7 — Add up to exactly 72
BrownTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>8 — Add up to more than 82
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 34
Green5 — Add up to exactly 52
Amber2 — Add up to exactly 22
Orange8 — Add up to exactly 82
Slate>8 — Add up to more than 82
Teal9 — Add up to exactly 92
Pink3 — Add up to exactly 32
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell3
Brown2 — Add up to exactly 22
Blue0 — Add up to exactly 03
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
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