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Pips answers — Thursday, May 21, 2026

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

Easy #849

Easy

blue (>5): 6 | purple (>5): 6 | green (=8): 5 · 3 | amber (=8): 6 · 2 | orange (=5): 3 · 2 | slate (=6): 4 · 2

Medium #851

Medium

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

Hard #874

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>5 — Be more than 51
Purple>5 — Be more than 51
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
Orange5 — Add up to exactly 52
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 62

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 22
Purple<2 — Be less than 21
Green6 — Add up to exactly 63
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink<2 — Be less than 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange4 — Be exactly 41
Slate5 — Be exactly 51
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink4 — Be exactly 41
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green2 — Be exactly 21
Amber0 — Be exactly 01
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate4 — Be exactly 41
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown2 — Be exactly 21
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
Green2 — Be exactly 21
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate1 — Be exactly 11
Teal5 — Be exactly 51
Pink1 — Be exactly 11
Lime5 — Be exactly 51
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