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Pips answers — Saturday, August 8, 2026

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

Easy #1,143

Easy

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

Medium #1,159

Medium

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

Hard #1,173

Hard

blue (>3): 6 | purple (=): 5 · 5 · 5 | green (=0): 0 · 0 | amber (>3): 4 | orange (=3): 3 | slate (=): 4 · 4 | teal (=): 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 · 6 | pink (=4): 4 | lime (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | brown (=3): 3 | blue (=3): 2 · 1 | purple (<3): 1 | green (<3): 0 | amber (=11): 5 · 3 · 3 | orange (<3): 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber>5 — Be more than 51
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate<5 — Be less than 51

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue — Have no two cells showing the same number2
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber<3 — Be less than 31
Orange>6 — Add up to more than 62
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 63
Teal<2 — Be less than 21
Pink6 — Add up to exactly 62

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green0 — Add up to exactly 02
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell6
Pink4 — Be exactly 41
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell6
Brown3 — Be exactly 31
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 32
Purple<3 — Be less than 31
Green<3 — Be less than 31
Amber11 — Add up to exactly 113
Orange<3 — Be less than 31
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