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Pips answers — Sunday, July 26, 2026

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

Easy #1,059

Easy

blue (=8): 2 · 6 | purple (=11): 6 · 5 | green (=4): 3 · 1 | amber (=): 3 · 3 | orange: 4 | slate (<2): 0

Medium #1,084

Medium

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

Hard #1,107

Hard

blue (=2): 2 | purple (=2): 1 · 1 | green (=5): 2 · 3 | amber (=5): 3 · 2 | orange (=9): 4 · 5 | slate (=5): 5 | teal (=): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | pink (≠): 3 · 0 · 2 · 1 | lime (=10): 5 · 5 | brown (=3): 1 · 2 | blue (=3): 3 | purple (=2): 2 | green (=6): 6 | amber (=7): 4 · 3 | orange (=0): 0 | slate (=6): 6 | teal (=5): 5

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue8 — Add up to exactly 82
Purple11 — Add up to exactly 112
Green4 — Add up to exactly 42
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate<2 — Be less than 21

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate>2 — Be more than 21
TealTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple2 — Add up to exactly 22
Green5 — Add up to exactly 52
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 52
Orange9 — Add up to exactly 92
Slate5 — Be exactly 51
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell4
Pink — Have no two cells showing the same number4
Lime10 — Add up to exactly 102
Brown3 — Add up to exactly 32
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green6 — Be exactly 61
Amber7 — Add up to exactly 72
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
Slate6 — Be exactly 61
Teal5 — Be exactly 51
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