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Pips answers — Thursday, July 23, 2026

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

Easy #1,072

Easy

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

Medium #1,094

Medium

blue (<2): 1 | purple (<1): 0 · 0 · 0 | green (>4): 5 | amber (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | orange (>2): 3 | slate (=4): 4 · 0 | teal (>11): 6 · 6 | pink (=): 4 · 4 | lime: 5 | brown (=2): 2

Hard #1,114

Hard

blue (=13): 5 · 4 · 4 | purple (=22): 5 · 5 · 6 · 6 | green (=11): 6 · 5 | amber (=1): 0 · 1 · 0 | orange (=9): 6 · 3 | slate (=9): 4 · 5 | teal (=3): 3 · 0 | pink (=7): 3 · 4 | lime (>0): 6 | brown (=0): 0 · 0 · 0 | blue (=): 2 · 2 · 2 | purple (=1): 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate<4 — Be less than 41
Teal<1 — Be less than 11
PinkTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<2 — Be less than 21
Purple<1 — Add up to less than 13
Green>4 — Be more than 41
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell4
Orange>2 — Be more than 21
Slate4 — Add up to exactly 42
Teal>11 — Add up to more than 112
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
LimeTake any value it likes1
Brown2 — Be exactly 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue13 — Add up to exactly 133
Purple22 — Add up to exactly 224
Green11 — Add up to exactly 112
Amber1 — Add up to exactly 13
Orange9 — Add up to exactly 92
Slate9 — Add up to exactly 92
Teal3 — Add up to exactly 32
Pink7 — Add up to exactly 72
Lime>0 — Be more than 01
Brown0 — Add up to exactly 03
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
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