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Pips answers — Friday, July 31, 2026

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

Easy #1,055

Easy

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

Medium #1,057

Medium

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

Hard #1,069

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue7 — Add up to exactly 72
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green<3 — Be less than 31
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange>4 — Be more than 41
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple<4 — Be less than 41
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 62
Orange>6 — Add up to more than 62
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink6 — Add up to exactly 62
Lime<6 — Be less than 61

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue10 — Add up to exactly 102
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange<3 — Add up to less than 32
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
Teal5 — Add up to exactly 52
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime12 — Add up to exactly 122
Brown5 — Be exactly 51
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
Purple0 — Add up to exactly 03
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 62
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate4 — Add up to exactly 42
Teal3 — Add up to exactly 32
Pink9 — Add up to exactly 92
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