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Pips answers — Sunday, April 12, 2026

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

Easy #745

Easy

blue (=22): 6 · 6 · 5 · 5 | purple (=4): 4 | green: 0 | amber (=4): 2 · 2 | orange (=): 4 · 4 | slate (>1): 2 | teal: 1

Medium #768

Medium

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

Hard #786

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue22 — Add up to exactly 224
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber4 — Add up to exactly 42
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate>1 — Be more than 11
TealTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<3 — Be less than 31
Purple>5 — Be more than 51
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal10 — Add up to exactly 102
Pink<3 — Be less than 31
Lime1 — Add up to exactly 12
BrownTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 63
Purple0 — Add up to exactly 02
Green<6 — Add up to less than 62
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 62
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
SlateTake any value it likes1
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink0 — Add up to exactly 02
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell4
Brown6 — Add up to exactly 62
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 62
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
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