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Pips answers — Friday, June 26, 2026

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

Easy #1,016

Easy

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

Medium #1,035

Medium

blue (>4): 6 | purple (=10): 5 · 5 | green (>0): 1 | amber (=10): 4 · 6 | orange (=10): 6 · 4 | slate (=): 2 · 2 | teal (<3): 0 | pink (=0): 0 | lime (=): 5 · 5

Hard #1,051

Hard

blue (>1): 2 | purple (=7): 5 · 1 · 1 | green (=15): 5 · 4 · 6 | amber (=1): 1 | orange (>2): 3 | slate (=13): 1 · 6 · 6 | teal (>3): 4 | pink (>4): 6 | lime (=0): 0 | brown (=0): 0 | blue (<2): 0 | purple (>2): 3 | green (=4): 4 | amber (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | orange (<3): 2 | slate (=2): 0 · 2 | teal (=7): 3 · 4 | pink (<4): 2 | lime (<5): 2 | brown (>4): 5 | blue (=1): 1 | purple (>3): 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<2 — Be less than 21
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green5 — Be exactly 51
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate4 — Be exactly 41
Teal<2 — Be less than 21
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
Green>0 — Be more than 01
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal<3 — Be less than 31
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>1 — Be more than 11
Purple7 — Add up to exactly 73
Green15 — Add up to exactly 153
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange>2 — Be more than 21
Slate13 — Add up to exactly 133
Teal>3 — Be more than 31
Pink>4 — Be more than 41
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
Blue<2 — Be less than 21
Purple>2 — Be more than 21
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange<3 — Be less than 31
Slate2 — Add up to exactly 22
Teal7 — Add up to exactly 72
Pink<4 — Be less than 41
Lime<5 — Be less than 51
Brown>4 — Be more than 41
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple>3 — Be more than 31
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