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Pips answers — Wednesday, July 1, 2026

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

Easy #1,001

Easy

blue: 6 | purple (>2): 4 | green: 0 | amber (=3): 2 · 1 | orange: 5 | slate (=11): 6 · 5 | teal (<5): 1 | pink (>4): 6

Medium #1,021

Medium

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

Hard #1,038

Hard

blue (=8): 5 · 3 | purple (=4): 4 | green (=9): 6 · 3 | amber (=): 2 · 2 | orange (=0): 0 | slate (>9): 6 · 6 | teal (>9): 6 · 6 | pink (=2): 0 · 2 | lime (=2): 1 · 1 | brown (≠): 5 · 3 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 1 | blue (=2): 0 · 2 | purple (<2): 1 | green (=4): 0 · 4 | amber (=4): 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>2 — Be more than 21
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber3 — Add up to exactly 32
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate11 — Add up to exactly 112
Teal<5 — Be less than 51
Pink>4 — Be more than 41

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green5 — Add up to exactly 52
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange2 — Add up to exactly 23
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
PinkTake any value it likes1
LimeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue8 — Add up to exactly 82
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green9 — Add up to exactly 92
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
Slate>9 — Add up to more than 92
Teal>9 — Add up to more than 92
Pink2 — Add up to exactly 22
Lime2 — Add up to exactly 22
Brown — Have no two cells showing the same number6
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 22
Purple<2 — Be less than 21
Green4 — Add up to exactly 42
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
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