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Pips answers — Thursday, July 9, 2026

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

Easy #1,079

Easy

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

Medium #1,105

Medium

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

Hard #1,129

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<3 — Be less than 31
Purple4 — Add up to exactly 43
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue10 — Add up to exactly 102
Purple<3 — Be less than 31
Green>7 — Add up to more than 72
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange<3 — Add up to less than 32
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell3

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 32
Green<3 — Be less than 31
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange>7 — Add up to more than 72
Slate<2 — Be less than 21
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink3 — Add up to exactly 33
Lime6 — Add up to exactly 62
Brown<3 — Be less than 31
Blue6 — Be exactly 61
Purple<3 — Be less than 31
Green3 — Add up to exactly 32
Amber6 — Be exactly 61
Orange>4 — Be more than 41
Slate3 — Add up to exactly 32
TealTake any value it likes1
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