NYT Pips HelperThursday, September 10, 2026

Pips answers — Thursday, September 10, 2026

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

Easy #1,257

Easy

blue: 1 | purple (>17): 6 · 6 · 6 | green (=): 4 · 4 | amber (>4): 5 | orange (=): 0 · 0 | slate (=3): 3

Medium #1,264

Medium

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

Hard #1,269

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple>17 — Add up to more than 173
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber>4 — Be more than 41
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate3 — Be exactly 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Add up to exactly 42
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange5 — Be exactly 51
Slate>0 — Be more than 01
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime6 — Add up to exactly 62

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple15 — Add up to exactly 153
Green<3 — Be less than 31
Amber>3 — Be more than 31
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
Slate>2 — Be more than 21
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink>4 — Be more than 41
Lime<4 — Add up to less than 42
Brown2 — Add up to exactly 22
Blue0 — Add up to exactly 02
Purple<3 — Be less than 31
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell4
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal1 — Be exactly 11
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