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Pips answers — Sunday, July 12, 2026

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

Easy #1,082

Easy

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

Medium #1,104

Medium

blue: 0 | purple (=8): 5 · 3 | green (=2): 2 · 0 | amber (=): 4 · 4 | orange (=7): 1 · 5 · 1 | slate (=2): 2 | teal: 0 | pink (=): 0 · 0

Hard #1,126

Hard

blue (=3): 3 | purple (=5): 5 | green (=0): 0 | amber (=2): 2 | orange (=2): 2 | slate (=4): 4 | teal (=4): 4 | pink (=2): 2 | lime (=5): 5 | brown (=1): 1 | blue (=18): 3 · 5 · 6 · 4 | purple (=0): 0 | green (=3): 3 | amber (=3): 3 | orange (=0): 0 | slate (=0): 0 | teal (=1): 1 | pink (=3): 3 | lime (=1): 1 | brown (=5): 5 | blue (=1): 1 | purple (=5): 5 | green (=1): 1 | amber (=2): 2 | orange (=3): 3 | slate (=2): 2 | teal (=4): 4 | pink (=4): 4 | lime (=0): 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber3 — Be exactly 31
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate3 — Add up to exactly 32
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink9 — Add up to exactly 92

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple8 — Add up to exactly 82
Green2 — Add up to exactly 22
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange7 — Add up to exactly 73
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange2 — Be exactly 21
Slate4 — Be exactly 41
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime5 — Be exactly 51
Brown1 — Be exactly 11
Blue18 — Add up to exactly 184
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber3 — Be exactly 31
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal1 — Be exactly 11
Pink3 — Be exactly 31
Lime1 — Be exactly 11
Brown5 — Be exactly 51
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink4 — Be exactly 41
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
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