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Pips answers — Tuesday, August 18, 2026

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

Easy #1,201

Easy

blue (=1): 1 | purple (=1): 1 · 0 · 0 | green (=1): 1 | amber (=1): 0 · 0 · 1 | orange (=2): 2 | slate (=6): 6

Medium #1,208

Medium

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

Hard #1,210

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple1 — Add up to exactly 13
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber1 — Add up to exactly 13
Orange2 — Be exactly 21
Slate6 — Be exactly 61

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green<2 — Be less than 21
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 62
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate>5 — Be more than 51
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink>5 — Be more than 51
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2
BrownTake any value it likes1
Blue5 — Be exactly 51

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber>1 — Be more than 11
Orange11 — Add up to exactly 113
Slate11 — Add up to exactly 113
Teal>1 — Be more than 11
Pink>1 — Be more than 11
Lime1 — Be exactly 11
Brown>11 — Add up to more than 112
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
Green1 — Be exactly 11
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange1 — Add up to exactly 13
Slate11 — Add up to exactly 112
Teal>11 — Add up to more than 112
Pink>1 — Be more than 11
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell2
BrownTake any value it likes1
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