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Pips answers — Monday, June 29, 2026

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

Easy #993

Easy

blue (=): 0 · 0 | purple: 3 | green: 6 | amber (=2): 2 | orange (=15): 5 · 5 · 5 | slate (>2): 1 · 3 · 1 | teal: 0

Medium #996

Medium

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

Hard #1,014

Hard

blue (=16): 5 · 5 · 6 | purple (=3): 3 · 0 · 0 | green (=4): 4 | amber (=16): 6 · 5 · 5 | orange (=3): 3 | slate (=1): 0 · 1 | teal (=6): 6 | pink (=3): 1 · 2 | lime (=): 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 | brown (>9): 6 · 6 | blue (=): 3 · 3 | purple (=6): 2 · 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
PurpleTake any value it likes1
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange15 — Add up to exactly 153
Slate>2 — Add up to more than 23
TealTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>0 — Be more than 01
Purple>1 — Be more than 11
Green>0 — Be more than 01
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange7 — Add up to exactly 72
Slate2 — Add up to exactly 22
Teal>2 — Be more than 21
Pink>3 — Be more than 31
Lime>4 — Be more than 41
BrownTake any value it likes1
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue16 — Add up to exactly 163
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 33
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber16 — Add up to exactly 163
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate1 — Add up to exactly 12
Teal6 — Be exactly 61
Pink3 — Add up to exactly 32
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell4
Brown>9 — Add up to more than 92
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
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