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Pips answers — Saturday, June 6, 2026

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

Easy #958

Easy

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

Medium #971

Medium

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

Hard #981

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple<1 — Add up to less than 15
Green<4 — Be less than 41
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange<2 — Be less than 21
Slate>4 — Be more than 41

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green9 — Add up to exactly 92
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 62
Teal>0 — Be more than 01
PinkTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber0 — Be exactly 01
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
Slate>1 — Be more than 11
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
LimeTake any value it likes1
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green2 — Be exactly 21
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
Teal1 — Be exactly 11
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime4 — Be exactly 41
Brown5 — Be exactly 51
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange6 — Be exactly 61
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime5 — Be exactly 51
Brown2 — Be exactly 21
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