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Pips answers — Monday, May 4, 2026

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

Easy #865

Easy

blue: 3 | purple (=4): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | green (=17): 6 · 6 · 5 | amber: 2 | orange (>3): 4

Medium #888

Medium

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

Hard #910

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple4 — Add up to exactly 44
Green17 — Add up to exactly 173
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange>3 — Be more than 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 22
Purple>3 — Be more than 31
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber>10 — Add up to more than 102
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3
TealTake any value it likes1
PinkTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<4 — Be less than 41
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green5 — Be exactly 51
Amber>5 — Be more than 51
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate>5 — Add up to more than 52
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink4 — Be exactly 41
Lime5 — Be exactly 51
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell2
Blue<4 — Be less than 41
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green5 — Add up to exactly 53
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange>5 — Add up to more than 52
Slate4 — Be exactly 41
Teal4 — Add up to exactly 42
Pink5 — Be exactly 51
Lime4 — Be exactly 41
Brown4 — Be exactly 41
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