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Pips answers — Friday, July 17, 2026

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

Easy #1,064

Easy

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

Medium #1,090

Medium

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

Hard #1,113

Hard

blue (=7): 1 · 3 · 3 | purple (=5): 3 · 2 | green (=5): 3 · 2 | amber (=10): 6 · 4 | orange (=10): 4 · 6 | slate (=10): 6 · 4 | teal (=): 6 · 6 · 6 | pink (=2): 2 · 0 | lime (=): 0 · 0 | brown (=5): 5 | blue (=6): 6 | purple (=8): 5 · 3 | green (=4): 4 | amber (=): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | orange (=2): 2

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<3 — Be less than 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate5 — Be exactly 51
Teal5 — Be exactly 51

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>2 — Be more than 21
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green<1 — Be less than 11
Amber>2 — Be more than 21
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink1 — Be exactly 11

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue7 — Add up to exactly 73
Purple5 — Add up to exactly 52
Green5 — Add up to exactly 52
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 102
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink2 — Add up to exactly 22
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2
Brown5 — Be exactly 51
Blue6 — Be exactly 61
Purple8 — Add up to exactly 82
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell4
Orange2 — Be exactly 21
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