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Pips answers — Sunday, August 2, 2026

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

Easy #1,184

Easy

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

Medium #1,186

Medium

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

Hard #1,188

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple1 — Add up to exactly 14
Green>1 — Be more than 11
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate>5 — Be more than 51

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>0 — Be more than 01
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green — Have no two cells showing the same number4
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink3 — Be exactly 31

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<3 — Add up to less than 32
PurpleTake any value it likes1
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber3 — Be exactly 31
Orange5 — Be exactly 51
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell4
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown5 — Be exactly 51
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>5 — Be more than 51
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange<3 — Be less than 31
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
Teal>3 — Be more than 31
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime<5 — Be less than 51
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell4
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple5 — Be exactly 51
Green0 — Be exactly 01
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