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Pips answers — Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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

Easy #848

Easy

blue: 1 | purple (=11): 1 · 5 · 5 | green: 2 | amber (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | orange (>2): 3 | slate (<2): 1

Medium #850

Medium

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

Hard #872

Hard

blue (=12): 6 · 6 | purple (=2): 1 · 1 | green (=7): 4 · 3 | amber (=1): 1 | orange (=0): 0 · 0 · 0 | slate (=12): 6 · 6 | teal (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | pink (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | lime (≠): 3 · 5 · 6 · 4 · 1 · 2 | brown (>2): 3 | blue (=): 5 · 5 · 5 | purple (=0): 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple11 — Add up to exactly 113
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange>2 — Be more than 21
Slate<2 — Be less than 21

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple>0 — Be more than 01
Green4 — Add up to exactly 43
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal<1 — Be less than 11
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue12 — Add up to exactly 122
Purple2 — Add up to exactly 22
Green7 — Add up to exactly 72
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange0 — Add up to exactly 03
Slate12 — Add up to exactly 122
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell4
Lime — Have no two cells showing the same number6
Brown>2 — Be more than 21
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
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