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Pips answers — Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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

Easy #1,149

Easy

blue (=11): 6 · 5 | purple (=5): 2 · 3 | green: 3 | amber (=5): 3 · 2 | orange (<2): 0 | slate (=6): 4 · 2

Medium #1,166

Medium

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

Hard #1,180

Hard

blue (=3): 3 | purple (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | green (=16): 5 · 5 · 6 | amber (>3): 6 | orange (=): 0 · 0 · 0 | slate (=5): 5 | teal (<3): 1 | pink (>0): 1 | lime (<3): 1 | brown (>3): 4 | blue (=): 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 | purple (>0): 2 | green (=14): 6 · 6 · 2 | amber (=12): 1 · 5 · 6 | orange (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | slate (>3): 5 | teal: 0

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue11 — Add up to exactly 112
Purple5 — Add up to exactly 52
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber5 — Add up to exactly 52
Orange<2 — Be less than 21
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 62

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple>6 — Add up to more than 62
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange>8 — Add up to more than 82
Slate>8 — Add up to more than 82
Teal4 — Be exactly 41

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green16 — Add up to exactly 163
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate5 — Be exactly 51
Teal<3 — Be less than 31
Pink>0 — Be more than 01
Lime<3 — Be less than 31
Brown>3 — Be more than 31
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell4
Purple>0 — Be more than 01
Green14 — Add up to exactly 143
Amber12 — Add up to exactly 123
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate>3 — Be more than 31
TealTake any value it likes1
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