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Pips answers — Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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

Easy #1,148

Easy

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

Medium #1,165

Medium

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

Hard #1,179

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<5 — Be less than 51
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
Green4 — Add up to exactly 44
Amber>5 — Be more than 51
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 62
Purple7 — Add up to exactly 72
Green4 — Add up to exactly 42
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 52
Orange0 — Add up to exactly 03
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
Teal1 — Add up to exactly 12
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
LimeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<3 — Be less than 31
Purple<2 — Be less than 21
Green7 — Add up to exactly 73
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 93
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate4 — Add up to exactly 42
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink5 — Add up to exactly 53
Lime>5 — Add up to more than 52
Brown>4 — Be more than 41
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
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