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Pips answers — Wednesday, July 29, 2026

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

Easy #1,066

Easy

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

Medium #1,089

Medium

blue: 5 | purple (=1): 1 | green (=1): 1 · 0 · 0 | amber (=1): 1 | orange (=10): 6 · 4 | slate: 3 | teal (=12): 2 · 5 · 5 | pink (=3): 3 · 0 | lime (=9): 4 · 5

Hard #1,111

Hard

blue (=12): 6 · 6 | purple (=11): 3 · 4 · 4 | green: 2 | amber (=3): 1 · 1 · 1 | orange (=3): 1 · 2 | slate (=3): 2 · 1 | teal (=5): 2 · 3 | pink (=8): 4 · 4 | lime (=3): 0 · 3 | brown (=9): 4 · 5 | blue (=10): 5 · 5 | purple (=3): 3 | green (=24): 6 · 6 · 6 · 6

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Add up to exactly 42
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>1 — Be more than 11
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal>5 — Be more than 51

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
Green1 — Add up to exactly 13
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal12 — Add up to exactly 123
Pink3 — Add up to exactly 32
Lime9 — Add up to exactly 92

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue12 — Add up to exactly 122
Purple11 — Add up to exactly 113
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber3 — Add up to exactly 33
Orange3 — Add up to exactly 32
Slate3 — Add up to exactly 32
Teal5 — Add up to exactly 52
Pink8 — Add up to exactly 82
Lime3 — Add up to exactly 32
Brown9 — Add up to exactly 92
Blue10 — Add up to exactly 102
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green24 — Add up to exactly 244
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