NYT Pips HelperFriday, September 4, 2026

Pips answers — Friday, September 4, 2026

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

Easy #1,213

Easy

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

Medium #1,217

Medium

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

Hard #1,230

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple7 — Add up to exactly 72
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber4 — Add up to exactly 42
Orange>4 — Be more than 41
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green5 — Add up to exactly 55
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange>3 — Be more than 31
Slate<4 — Be less than 41

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>0 — Be more than 01
Purple11 — Add up to exactly 112
Green11 — Add up to exactly 112
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate6 — Be exactly 61
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell5
Pink10 — Add up to exactly 102
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
Blue4 — Add up to exactly 42
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green4 — Add up to exactly 42
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate11 — Add up to exactly 112
Teal2 — Add up to exactly 22
Pink5 — Be exactly 51
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