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Pips answers — Friday, August 21, 2026

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

Easy #1,200

Easy

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

Medium #1,207

Medium

blue (>3): 4 | purple (=8): 1 · 5 · 2 | green (=): 4 · 4 | amber (=): 6 · 6 · 6 | orange: 5 | slate (<4): 3 | teal (<3): 1 · 0 · 0

Hard #1,209

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple<1 — Be less than 11
Green>4 — Be more than 41
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal>1 — Be more than 11

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple8 — Add up to exactly 83
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate<4 — Be less than 41
Teal<3 — Add up to less than 33

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple>3 — Be more than 31
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber<3 — Be less than 31
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate5 — Be exactly 51
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell4
Pink<3 — Be less than 31
Lime>3 — Be more than 31
Brown3 — Be exactly 31
Blue — Have no two cells showing the same number6
Purple>15 — Add up to more than 153
Green>10 — Add up to more than 102
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell4
Orange<2 — Be less than 21
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