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Pips answers — Saturday, September 19, 2026

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

Easy #1,275

Easy

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

Medium #1,280

Medium

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

Hard #1,287

Hard

blue (=6): 6 | purple (=0): 0 | green (=): 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 | amber (=9): 5 · 4 | orange (<8): 0 · 0 | slate (=): 4 · 4 | teal (=): 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 | pink (=0): 0 | lime (=3): 3 | brown (=): 3 · 3 | blue (=1): 1 | purple (=12): 6 · 6 | green (=14): 4 · 5 · 5 | amber (=6): 3 · 2 · 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green>4 — Be more than 41
Amber<4 — Be less than 41
Orange6 — Add up to exactly 62
Slate1 — Be exactly 11
TealTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple10 — Add up to exactly 102
Green1 — Add up to exactly 13
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 62
Teal10 — Add up to exactly 102

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Be exactly 61
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
Green= — Show the same number on every cell4
Amber9 — Add up to exactly 92
Orange<8 — Add up to less than 82
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell5
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell2
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple12 — Add up to exactly 122
Green14 — Add up to exactly 143
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 63
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