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Pips answers — Monday, June 8, 2026

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

Easy #956

Easy

blue: 3 | purple: 6 | green (=8): 2 · 6 | amber (=10): 5 · 5 | orange: 1 | slate (=5): 3 · 2 | teal (<1): 0

Medium #968

Medium

blue (=11): 4 · 4 · 3 | purple (=7): 1 · 6 | green: 2 | amber (=): 0 · 0 | orange (=): 0 · 0 | slate (=5): 5 | teal (>8): 4 · 5 | pink (>0): 1

Hard #980

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate5 — Add up to exactly 52
Teal<1 — Be less than 11

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue11 — Add up to exactly 113
Purple7 — Add up to exactly 72
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate5 — Be exactly 51
Teal>8 — Add up to more than 82
Pink>0 — Be more than 01

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell5
Green0 — Be exactly 01
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange>4 — Be more than 41
Slate<4 — Be less than 41
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink6 — Add up to exactly 62
Lime>2 — Be more than 21
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell4
Blue — Have no two cells showing the same number5
Purple6 — Be exactly 61
Green2 — Be exactly 21
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 102
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
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