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Pips answers — Saturday, July 11, 2026

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

Easy #1,068

Easy

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

Medium #1,096

Medium

blue (>3): 6 | purple (=9): 3 · 6 | green: 0 | amber (=9): 5 · 4 | orange (>0): 3 | slate: 0 | teal (=11): 5 · 6 | pink: 0 | lime (>4): 6 | brown (=3): 3 | blue: 0

Hard #1,120

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple5 — Add up to exactly 52
Green5 — Add up to exactly 53
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 52
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple9 — Add up to exactly 92
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange>0 — Be more than 01
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal11 — Add up to exactly 112
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime>4 — Be more than 41
Brown3 — Be exactly 31
BlueTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 62
Purple<3 — Be less than 31
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate6 — Be exactly 61
Teal3 — Add up to exactly 33
Pink3 — Be exactly 31
Lime6 — Add up to exactly 63
Brown3 — Add up to exactly 32
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 32
Purple6 — Be exactly 61
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
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