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Pips answers — Thursday, April 30, 2026

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

Easy #867

Easy

blue (=4): 4 | purple (=4): 2 · 1 · 1 | green: 0 | amber (=4): 4 | orange (=4): 4 | slate (>4): 5 | teal (=4): 2 · 2

Medium #889

Medium

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

Hard #908

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple4 — Add up to exactly 43
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
Orange4 — Be exactly 41
Slate>4 — Be more than 41
Teal4 — Add up to exactly 42

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple>8 — Add up to more than 82
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink3 — Add up to exactly 32

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green2 — Be exactly 21
Amber3 — Be exactly 31
Orange4 — Be exactly 41
Slate4 — Add up to exactly 42
Teal5 — Be exactly 51
Pink5 — Be exactly 51
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
GreenTake any value it likes1
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green<3 — Be less than 31
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
Orange4 — Be exactly 41
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime>3 — Be more than 31
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