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Pips answers — Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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

Easy #869

Easy

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

Medium #891

Medium

blue (=12): 3 · 1 · 4 · 4 | purple (=9): 3 · 6 | green (=): 3 · 3 | amber (<2): 0 · 0 | orange (=): 2 · 2 | slate (>5): 4 · 5

Hard #912

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue12 — Add up to exactly 124
Purple9 — Add up to exactly 92
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber<2 — Add up to less than 22
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate>5 — Add up to more than 52

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 22
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 32
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell4
Orange2 — Add up to exactly 22
Slate4 — Be exactly 41
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink0 — Add up to exactly 02
Lime>4 — Be more than 41
Brown>4 — Be more than 41
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell4
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green1 — Be exactly 11
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