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Pips answers — Thursday, June 11, 2026

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

Easy #962

Easy

blue: 6 | purple (<6): 5 | green (=3): 3 | amber: 6 | orange (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | slate (=8): 0 · 4 · 4

Medium #975

Medium

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

Hard #986

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple<6 — Be less than 61
Green3 — Be exactly 31
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 83

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue11 — Add up to exactly 112
Purple5 — Add up to exactly 53
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate11 — Add up to exactly 112
Teal — Have no two cells showing the same number4
PinkTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue11 — Add up to exactly 113
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber11 — Add up to exactly 112
Orange11 — Add up to exactly 112
SlateTake any value it likes1
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink1 — Be exactly 11
Lime1 — Be exactly 11
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 62
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green1 — Add up to exactly 12
Amber11 — Add up to exactly 112
Orange4 — Add up to exactly 42
Slate11 — Add up to exactly 113
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
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