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Pips answers — Sunday, June 14, 2026

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

Easy #989

Easy

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

Medium #990

Medium

blue: 0 | purple: 3 | green (>3): 6 | amber (≠): 2 · 0 | orange (=10): 6 · 4 | slate (=7): 1 · 6 | teal (=): 5 · 5 | pink: 0 | lime (=4): 4 | brown (>3): 5

Hard #991

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 62

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber — Have no two cells showing the same number2
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate7 — Add up to exactly 72
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime4 — Be exactly 41
Brown>3 — Be more than 31

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue10 — Add up to exactly 102
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 103
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 104
Orange<4 — Be less than 41
Slate>4 — Be more than 41
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell4
Pink>3 — Be more than 31
Lime>1 — Be more than 11
Brown0 — Add up to exactly 02
Blue<3 — Be less than 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange4 — Be exactly 41
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