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Pips answers — Thursday, July 2, 2026

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

Easy #1,018

Easy

blue (=7): 1 · 6 | purple (=15): 5 · 5 · 5 | green (<8): 0 · 0 | amber: 6 | orange (=): 4 · 4

Medium #1,037

Medium

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

Hard #1,054

Hard

blue (>0): 1 | purple (=17): 6 · 5 · 6 | green (=7): 4 · 3 | amber (=6): 0 · 6 | orange (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | slate (>3): 4 | teal: 4 | pink (=10): 6 · 4 | lime (=1): 1 | brown: 3 | blue (>4): 5 | purple (=): 1 · 1 | green (=7): 3 · 2 · 2 | amber: 1 | orange (=5): 5 | slate (>4): 5

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue7 — Add up to exactly 72
Purple15 — Add up to exactly 153
Green<8 — Add up to less than 82
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green<1 — Add up to less than 13
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange<1 — Be less than 11
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3
Teal<3 — Be less than 31
Pink>2 — Be more than 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>0 — Be more than 01
Purple17 — Add up to exactly 173
Green7 — Add up to exactly 72
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 62
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime1 — Be exactly 11
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green7 — Add up to exactly 73
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange5 — Be exactly 51
Slate>4 — Be more than 41
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