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Pips answers — Friday, September 11, 2026

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

Easy #1,259

Easy

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

Medium #1,266

Medium

blue (=): 1 · 1 | purple (=10): 5 · 5 | green: 3 | amber (>1): 2 | orange (=8): 2 · 6 | slate (=8): 6 · 2 | teal (=4): 1 · 3 | pink (=): 4 · 4

Hard #1,271

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green>3 — Be more than 31
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate<3 — Be less than 31
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber>1 — Be more than 11
Orange8 — Add up to exactly 82
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal4 — Add up to exactly 42
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 63
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green3 — Be exactly 31
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange3 — Add up to exactly 32
Slate9 — Add up to exactly 92
Teal5 — Add up to exactly 52
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell8
Lime<3 — Be less than 31
Brown>3 — Be more than 31
Blue — Have no two cells showing the same number6
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