NYT Pips HelperWednesday, October 14, 2026

Pips answers — Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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

Easy #1,385

Easy

blue: 2 | purple (=): 3 · 3 | green (=9): 5 · 4 | amber (=): 1 · 1 · 1 | orange (<6): 0 · 0

Medium #1,392

Medium

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

Hard #1,397

Hard

blue (≠): 1 · 4 · 6 | purple (=0): 0 | green (=4): 4 | amber (>7): 2 · 6 | orange (=): 3 · 3 | slate (=9): 4 · 5 · 0 | teal (=): 1 · 1 · 1 | pink (=4): 4 | lime (=3): 3 | brown (=14): 6 · 6 · 2 | blue (<4): 3 | purple (<3): 2 · 0 | green (>4): 5 | amber (=6): 6 | orange: 6 | slate (=6): 5 · 1

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green9 — Add up to exactly 92
Amber= — Show the same number on every cell3
Orange<6 — Add up to less than 62

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue>3 — Be more than 31
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber<3 — Be less than 31
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate= — Show the same number on every cell2
Teal8 — Add up to exactly 83
Pink>4 — Be more than 41

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue≠ — Have no two cells showing the same number3
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
Green4 — Be exactly 41
Amber>7 — Add up to more than 72
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate9 — Add up to exactly 93
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell3
Pink4 — Be exactly 41
Lime3 — Be exactly 31
Brown14 — Add up to exactly 143
Blue<4 — Be less than 41
Purple<3 — Add up to less than 32
Green>4 — Be more than 41
Amber6 — Be exactly 61
OrangeTake any value it likes1
Slate6 — Add up to exactly 62
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