NYT Pips HelperSaturday, October 3, 2026

Pips answers — Saturday, October 3, 2026

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

Easy #1,337

Easy

blue (>4): 5 | purple (=): 1 · 1 | green (=8): 2 · 6 | amber (=): 6 · 6 | orange (<1): 0 | slate (=6): 2 · 4

Medium #1,352

Medium

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

Hard #1,362

Hard

blue (>4): 5 | purple (=1): 1 | green (=0): 0 | amber: 1 | orange: 4 | slate (=8): 3 · 5 | teal (>3): 4 | pink (=4): 3 · 1 | lime (=): 5 · 5 · 5 | brown (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | blue (=3): 1 · 2 | purple: 0 | green: 6 | amber (=5): 5 | orange (=3): 3 | slate (=10): 4 · 2 · 4 | teal (=0): 0 | pink (=2): 2 | lime (=2): 2

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green8 — Add up to exactly 82
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell2
Orange<1 — Be less than 11
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 62

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue= — Show the same number on every cell3
Purple<5 — Add up to less than 52
Green6 — Be exactly 61
Amber6 — Be exactly 61
Orange≠ — Have no two cells showing the same number3
Slate>0 — Be more than 01
Teal2 — Be exactly 21
PinkTake any value it likes1
Lime<5 — Be less than 51

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>4 — Be more than 41
Purple1 — Be exactly 11
Green0 — Be exactly 01
AmberTake any value it likes1
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal>3 — Be more than 31
Pink4 — Add up to exactly 42
Lime= — Show the same number on every cell3
Brown= — Show the same number on every cell3
Blue3 — Add up to exactly 32
PurpleTake any value it likes1
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange3 — Be exactly 31
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 103
Teal0 — Be exactly 01
Pink2 — Be exactly 21
Lime2 — Be exactly 21
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