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Pips answers — Wednesday, July 15, 2026

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

Easy #1,074

Easy

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

Medium #1,097

Medium

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

Hard #1,119

Hard

blue (=5): 3 · 2 | purple (=4): 4 | green (=): 2 · 2 | amber (=9): 5 · 4 | orange (=0): 0 · 0 | slate (<4): 0 | teal (=4): 4 | pink (=10): 5 · 5 | lime (=10): 4 · 6 | brown (=10): 5 · 5 | blue (=2): 1 · 1 | purple (=0): 0 · 0 | green (=4): 1 · 3 | amber (=7): 2 · 5 | orange (<4): 3

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple4 — Add up to exactly 42
Green4 — Be exactly 41
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange5 — Add up to exactly 52
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal<1 — Be less than 11

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple>9 — Add up to more than 92
Green>9 — Add up to more than 93
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 93
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
Teal3 — Be exactly 31

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Add up to exactly 52
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange0 — Add up to exactly 02
Slate<4 — Be less than 41
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime10 — Add up to exactly 102
Brown10 — Add up to exactly 102
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 22
Purple0 — Add up to exactly 02
Green4 — Add up to exactly 42
Amber7 — Add up to exactly 72
Orange<4 — Be less than 41
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