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Pips answers — Saturday, June 13, 2026

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

Easy #950

Easy

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

Medium #952

Medium

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

Hard #964

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue7 — Add up to exactly 72
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber11 — Add up to exactly 112
Orange>5 — Be more than 51
SlateTake any value it likes1
TealTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple9 — Add up to exactly 92
Green3 — Add up to exactly 33
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange9 — Add up to exactly 92
Slate0 — Add up to exactly 03
Teal3 — Add up to exactly 32
PinkTake any value it likes1
LimeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell5
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell3
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green<4 — Add up to less than 42
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange<3 — Be less than 31
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink3 — Be exactly 31
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
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