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Pips answers — Friday, August 14, 2026

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

Easy #1,151

Easy

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

Medium #1,167

Medium

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

Hard #1,181

Hard

blue (=): 2 · 2 · 2 | purple (=16): 5 · 6 · 5 | green (=1): 1 | amber (<3): 1 · 1 · 0 | orange: 2 | slate (=7): 3 · 4 | teal (=6): 1 · 2 · 3 | pink (=8): 5 · 3 | lime (=11): 6 · 5 | brown (=15): 6 · 6 · 3 | blue (=3): 3 | purple (=7): 5 · 2 | green (=0): 0 | amber (=10): 4 · 6 | orange: 0 | slate (=8): 4 · 4

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 63
Purple6 — Be exactly 61
Green6 — Add up to exactly 62
Amber6 — Be exactly 61
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate2 — Be exactly 21

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple9 — Add up to exactly 92
Green= — Show the same number on every cell4
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate>0 — Be more than 01
Teal3 — Add up to exactly 32
PinkTake any value it likes1

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple16 — Add up to exactly 163
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber<3 — Add up to less than 33
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate7 — Add up to exactly 72
Teal6 — Add up to exactly 63
Pink8 — Add up to exactly 82
Lime11 — Add up to exactly 112
Brown15 — Add up to exactly 153
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple7 — Add up to exactly 72
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber10 — Add up to exactly 102
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
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