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Pips answers — Tuesday, August 11, 2026

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

Easy #1,142

Easy

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

Medium #1,160

Medium

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

Hard #1,174

Hard

blue (=5): 1 · 4 | purple (=2): 2 | green (=3): 3 | amber (=0): 0 · 0 | orange (=16): 5 · 5 · 6 | slate (=17): 5 · 6 · 6 | teal (=): 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 · 0 | pink (=2): 2 | lime (=3): 3 | brown (=): 3 · 3 | blue (=5): 5 | purple (=0): 0 | green (=10): 4 · 6 | amber (=9): 3 · 6 | orange (=1): 1 | slate (=2): 2 | teal (=3): 3

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>5 — Be more than 51
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell6
Green>3 — Be more than 31
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange<2 — Be less than 21

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>5 — Be more than 51
Green<3 — Add up to less than 33
Amber7 — Add up to exactly 72
Orange5 — Add up to exactly 52
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3
Teal5 — Add up to exactly 52
Pink>5 — Be more than 51
LimeTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Add up to exactly 52
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber0 — Add up to exactly 02
Orange16 — Add up to exactly 163
Slate17 — Add up to exactly 173
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell5
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell2
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate2 — Be exactly 21
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
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