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Pips answers — Saturday, July 25, 2026

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

Easy #1,080

Easy

blue: 6 | purple (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | green (=8): 4 · 4 | amber (>7): 5 · 5 | orange (<2): 1 | slate: 2

Medium #1,103

Medium

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

Hard #1,127

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
Amber>7 — Add up to more than 72
Orange<2 — Be less than 21
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 32
Purple5 — Add up to exactly 52
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
Amber6 — Be exactly 61
Orange2 — Add up to exactly 22
SlateTake any value it likes1
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink<3 — Be less than 31
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell5
Green7 — Add up to exactly 72
Amber0 — Be exactly 01
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal7 — Add up to exactly 72
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell3
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell3
Brown6 — Be exactly 61
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell4
Green= — Show the same number on every cell4
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