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Pips answers — Monday, August 10, 2026

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

Easy #1,134

Easy

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

Medium #1,136

Medium

blue (>0): 1 | purple (>10): 5 · 6 | green (=3): 1 · 2 | amber (=7): 6 · 1 | orange: 0 | slate (=): 1 · 1 | teal (>3): 4 | pink (=9): 1 · 4 · 4

Hard #1,153

Hard

blue (=12): 6 · 6 | purple (=4): 3 · 1 | green (>3): 4 | amber (=9): 5 · 4 | orange (>3): 4 | slate (>2): 5 | teal (=3): 3 | pink (=7): 2 · 5 | lime (=0): 0 | brown (=7): 5 · 2 | blue (=0): 0 | purple (=6): 3 · 3 | green (=0): 0 | amber (=8): 6 · 2 | orange (=10): 4 · 6 | slate (=0): 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<2 — Be less than 21
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>2 — Be more than 21
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange3 — Add up to exactly 33
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>0 — Be more than 01
Purple>10 — Add up to more than 102
Green3 — Add up to exactly 32
Amber7 — Add up to exactly 72
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal>3 — Be more than 31
Pink9 — Add up to exactly 93

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue12 — Add up to exactly 122
Purple4 — Add up to exactly 42
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange>3 — Be more than 31
Slate>2 — Be more than 21
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink7 — Add up to exactly 72
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
Brown7 — Add up to exactly 72
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber8 — Add up to exactly 82
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
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