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Pips answers — Monday, July 13, 2026

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

Easy #1,130

Easy

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

Medium #1,131

Medium

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

Hard #1,132

Hard

blue (=4): 2 · 2 | purple (=3): 1 · 2 | green (<2): 0 | amber (=8): 6 · 2 | orange (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | slate (=3): 3 · 0 | teal (=): 5 · 5 | pink (=5): 4 · 1 | lime (=4): 2 · 2 | brown (=): 3 · 3 | blue (=5): 5 | purple (=5): 5

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber<1 — Add up to less than 13
Orange>3 — Be more than 31
Slate3 — Be exactly 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple4 — Add up to exactly 42
Green2 — Add up to exactly 23
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal3 — Add up to exactly 32
Pink6 — Be exactly 61

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Add up to exactly 42
Purple3 — Add up to exactly 32
Green<2 — Be less than 21
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate3 — Add up to exactly 32
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink5 — Add up to exactly 52
Lime4 — Add up to exactly 42
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell2
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
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