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Pips answers — Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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

Easy #810

Easy

blue (=17): 6 · 5 · 6 | purple (=9): 4 · 4 · 1 | green: 2 | amber (=0): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | orange (<6): 5

Medium #823

Medium

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

Hard #834

Hard

blue (=): 4 · 4 | purple (=2): 1 · 1 | green (=4): 4 | amber (≠): 0 · 4 · 1 · 6 · 5 · 2 · 3 | orange (=6): 6 | slate (=0): 0 | teal (=12): 3 · 4 · 5 | pink (<2): 1 | lime (=10): 5 · 5 | brown (=12): 6 · 6 | blue (=9): 4 · 5 | purple (=6): 3 · 3

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue17 — Add up to exactly 173
Purple9 — Add up to exactly 93
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber0 — Add up to exactly 04
Orange<6 — Be less than 61

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple8 — Add up to exactly 84
Green<2 — Be less than 21
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3
Teal5 — Add up to exactly 52
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
LimeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple2 — Add up to exactly 22
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber — Have no two cells showing the same number7
Orange6 — Be exactly 61
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal12 — Add up to exactly 123
Pink<2 — Be less than 21
Lime10 — Add up to exactly 102
Brown12 — Add up to exactly 122
Blue9 — Add up to exactly 92
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
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