NYT Pips HelperTuesday, October 13, 2026

Pips answers — Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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

Easy #1,316

Easy

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

Medium #1,322

Medium

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

Hard #1,338

Hard

blue (=4): 4 | purple (<2): 1 | green: 6 | amber (=1): 1 | orange (=): 2 · 2 | slate (=): 3 · 3 · 3 | teal (=7): 2 · 5 | pink (=4): 4 | lime (≠): 5 · 0 · 6 | brown (>2): 3 | blue (<3): 2 | purple (=8): 6 · 2 | green (=10): 4 · 6 | amber (<5): 4 | orange (=4): 3 · 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue6 — Be exactly 61
Purple6 — Add up to exactly 62
Green6 — Be exactly 61
Amber6 — Add up to exactly 62
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate2 — Add up to exactly 22

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple3 — Be exactly 31
Green3 — Add up to exactly 32
Amber>3 — Add up to more than 32
Orange<2 — Add up to less than 23
Slate>8 — Add up to more than 82
Teal<4 — Add up to less than 42
Pink2 — Be exactly 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue4 — Be exactly 41
Purple<2 — Be less than 21
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber1 — Be exactly 11
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell3
Teal7 — Add up to exactly 72
Pink4 — Be exactly 41
Lime≠ — Have no two cells showing the same number3
Brown>2 — Be more than 21
Blue<3 — Be less than 31
Purple8 — Add up to exactly 82
Green10 — Add up to exactly 102
Amber<5 — Be less than 51
Orange4 — Add up to exactly 42
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