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Pips answers — Friday, September 25, 2026

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

Easy #1,295

Easy

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

Medium #1,298

Medium

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

Hard #1,304

Hard

blue (=0): 0 | purple (=14): 2 · 2 · 5 · 5 | green (=18): 6 · 6 · 6 | amber (=14): 6 · 4 · 4 | orange (=1): 1 | slate (=12): 6 · 3 · 3 | teal (<3): 2 | pink (=0): 0 | lime (=4): 4 | brown (=9): 5 · 4 | blue (=6): 3 · 3 | purple (=0): 0 · 0 | green (>0): 1 | amber (=0): 0 · 0 | orange (=10): 5 · 5 | slate (=0): 0 | teal (=): 2 · 2

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell2
Purple<6 — Be less than 61
Green>5 — Be more than 51
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple7 — Add up to exactly 72
Green7 — Add up to exactly 72
Amber7 — Add up to exactly 74
Orange7 — Add up to exactly 74
Slate3 — Be exactly 31

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple14 — Add up to exactly 144
Green18 — Add up to exactly 183
Amber14 — Add up to exactly 143
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate12 — Add up to exactly 123
Teal<3 — Be less than 31
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime4 — Be exactly 41
Brown9 — Add up to exactly 92
Blue6 — Add up to exactly 62
Purple0 — Add up to exactly 02
Green>0 — Be more than 01
Amber0 — Add up to exactly 02
Orange10 — Add up to exactly 102
Slate0 — Be exactly 01
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
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