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Pips answers — Thursday, July 16, 2026

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

Easy #1,081

Easy

blue (>5): 6 | purple (=6): 3 · 3 | green (=1): 0 · 0 · 1 | amber (=16): 6 · 5 · 5 | orange: 4

Medium #1,106

Medium

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

Hard #1,128

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>5 — Be more than 51
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
Green1 — Add up to exactly 13
Amber16 — Add up to exactly 163
OrangeTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue10 — Add up to exactly 102
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 103
TealTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green= — Show the same number on every cell3
Amber<3 — Be less than 31
Orange<3 — Be less than 31
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
Teal>4 — Be more than 41
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell4
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell5
Brown<3 — Add up to less than 33
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 22
Purple6 — Be exactly 61
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
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