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Pips answers — Sunday, June 7, 2026

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

Easy #954

Easy

blue: 0 | purple (>13): 5 · 6 · 5 | green (=3): 3 | amber (>0): 1 | orange (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | slate: 3 | teal (<2): 1

Medium #967

Medium

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

Hard #978

Hard

blue (=6): 1 · 5 | purple (=): 3 · 3 | green (=7): 3 · 4 | amber (=7): 3 · 4 | orange (=6): 1 · 5 | slate (=): 6 · 6 | teal (=): 6 · 6 | pink (=6): 4 · 2 | lime (=6): 6 | brown (=6): 4 · 2 | blue: 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>13 — Add up to more than 133
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber>0 — Be more than 01
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal<2 — Be less than 21

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 32
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange>2 — Be more than 21
Slate3 — Add up to exactly 32
Teal3 — Add up to exactly 32
Pink>0 — Be more than 01
LimeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 62
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green7 — Add up to exactly 72
Amber7 — Add up to exactly 72
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink6 — Add up to exactly 62
Lime6 — Be exactly 61
Brown6 — Add up to exactly 62
BlueTake any value it likes1
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