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Pips answers — Wednesday, July 8, 2026

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

Easy #1,063

Easy

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

Medium #1,088

Medium

blue (>3): 4 | purple (=): 4 · 4 | green (=3): 1 · 1 · 1 | amber (=12): 0 · 3 · 6 · 3 | orange (=6): 3 · 3 | slate (>4): 5 | teal (>4): 5

Hard #1,112

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue11 — Add up to exactly 112
Purple<4 — Be less than 41
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber<6 — Be less than 61
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green3 — Add up to exactly 33
Amber12 — Add up to exactly 124
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate>4 — Be more than 41
Teal>4 — Be more than 41

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Add up to exactly 42
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
GreenTake any value it likes1
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange1 — Add up to exactly 12
Slate3 — Add up to exactly 32
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime1 — Be exactly 11
Brown4 — Add up to exactly 42
Blue>0 — Be more than 01
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
Green5 — Add up to exactly 52
Amber>4 — Be more than 41
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
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