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Pips answers — Saturday, September 26, 2026

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

Easy #1,302

Easy

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

Medium #1,308

Medium

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

Hard #1,311

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell3
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange8 — Add up to exactly 82
Slate1 — Be exactly 11

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Add up to exactly 22
Purple5 — Add up to exactly 52
Green5 — Add up to exactly 53
Amber4 — Be exactly 41
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink>3 — Be more than 31
Lime>5 — Be more than 51

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue5 — Be exactly 51
Purple2 — Be exactly 21
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange4 — Be exactly 41
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
Teal4 — Be exactly 41
Pink5 — Be exactly 51
Lime1 — Be exactly 11
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
BlueTake any value it likes1
PurpleTake any value it likes1
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate5 — Be exactly 51
TealTake any value it likes1
Pink3 — Be exactly 31
Lime0 — Be exactly 01
Brown3 — Be exactly 31
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green0 — Be exactly 01
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange4 — Be exactly 41
Slate4 — Be exactly 41
Teal1 — Be exactly 11
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime2 — Be exactly 21
Brown5 — Be exactly 51
Blue1 — Be exactly 11
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
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