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Pips answers — Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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

Easy #1,073

Easy

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

Medium #1,098

Medium

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

Hard #1,124

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue10 — Add up to exactly 103
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
Orange<2 — Be less than 21
Slate2 — Be exactly 21

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue8 — Add up to exactly 82
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green2 — Be exactly 21
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink<2 — Be less than 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green5 — Be exactly 51
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink1 — Be exactly 11
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
Brown1 — Be exactly 11
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber0 — Be exactly 01
Orange4 — Be exactly 41
Slate1 — Be exactly 11
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime1 — Be exactly 11
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green5 — Be exactly 51
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange5 — Be exactly 51
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal5 — Be exactly 51
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