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Pips answers — Monday, July 20, 2026

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

Easy #1,067

Easy

blue (>5): 6 | purple (=): 2 · 2 | green (<1): 0 | amber (=10): 5 · 5 | orange (>1): 2 | slate (=4): 4 · 0 | teal: 3

Medium #1,095

Medium

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

Hard #1,118

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>5 — Be more than 51
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green<1 — Be less than 11
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
Orange>1 — Be more than 11
Slate4 — Add up to exactly 42
TealTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<2 — Be less than 21
Purple5 — Add up to exactly 52
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber0 — Add up to exactly 02
Orange>3 — Be more than 31
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal5 — Add up to exactly 52
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
LimeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber0 — Add up to exactly 03
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell4
Teal10 — Add up to exactly 102
Pink>3 — Be more than 31
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
Brown8 — Add up to exactly 82
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
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