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Pips answers — Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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

Easy #1,144

Easy

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

Medium #1,158

Medium

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

Hard #1,172

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange8 — Add up to exactly 82
Slate<2 — Be less than 21
Teal<2 — Be less than 21

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
Green>4 — Add up to more than 42
Amber>2 — Be more than 21
Orange<4 — Add up to less than 42
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell4

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell4
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green>4 — Be more than 41
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
Pink3 — Be exactly 31
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell4
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell2
Blue12 — Add up to exactly 122
Purple<3 — Be less than 31
Green12 — Add up to exactly 122
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
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