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Pips answers — Monday, October 12, 2026

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

Easy #1,334

Easy

blue (=3): 3 | purple (=): 2 · 2 | green (>8): 5 · 5 | amber: 4 | orange (>4): 6 | slate (=): 2 · 2 | teal (<3): 0

Medium #1,350

Medium

blue: 3 · 4 | purple (>4): 5 | green (<2): 1 | amber (=2): 2 · 0 | orange (=): 4 · 4 · 4 | slate (=5): 2 · 3 | teal (=7): 3 · 4 | pink (>4): 5 | lime (=2): 2 · 0

Hard #1,360

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue3 — Be exactly 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green>8 — Add up to more than 82
AmberTake any value it likes1
Orange>4 — Be more than 41
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal<3 — Be less than 31

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any values it likes2
Purple>4 — Be more than 41
Green<2 — Be less than 21
Amber2 — Add up to exactly 22
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate5 — Add up to exactly 52
Teal7 — Add up to exactly 72
Pink>4 — Be more than 41
Lime2 — Add up to exactly 22

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green2 — Be exactly 21
Amber3 — Be exactly 31
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 102
Teal5 — Be exactly 51
Pink4 — Be exactly 41
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown4 — Be exactly 41
Blue2 — Be exactly 21
Purple4 — Be exactly 41
Green1 — Be exactly 11
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange0 — Be exactly 01
Slate1 — Be exactly 11
Teal1 — Be exactly 11
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime5 — Be exactly 51
Brown9 — Add up to exactly 92
Blue0 — Be exactly 01
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green5 — Be exactly 51
Amber0 — Be exactly 01
Orange1 — Be exactly 11
Slate3 — Be exactly 31
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink5 — Be exactly 51
Lime2 — Be exactly 21
Brown0 — Be exactly 01
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