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Pips answers — Saturday, October 17, 2026

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

Easy #1,384

Easy

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

Medium #1,393

Medium

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

Hard #1,396

Hard

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

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Easy board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
BlueTake any value it likes1
Purple= — Show the same number on every cell2
Green= — Show the same number on every cell2
Amber<1 — Add up to less than 13
Orange>5 — Be more than 51
SlateTake any value it likes1

Medium board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue<5 — Add up to less than 52
Purple>8 — Add up to more than 82
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber2 — Be exactly 21
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell2
Slate8 — Add up to exactly 82
Teal<4 — Be less than 41
Pink= — Show the same number on every cell2
Lime2 — Be exactly 21

Hard board — region rules

RegionRuleCells
Blue8 — Add up to exactly 82
Purple4 — Add up to exactly 42
Green≠ — Have no two cells showing the same number3
Amber2 — Add up to exactly 22
Orange5 — Be exactly 51
SlateTake any value it likes1
Teal3 — Be exactly 31
Pink0 — Be exactly 01
Lime5 — Be exactly 51
Brown>1 — Be more than 11
Blue5 — Add up to exactly 52
Purple0 — Be exactly 01
GreenTake any value it likes1
Amber5 — Be exactly 51
Orange= — Show the same number on every cell3
Slate10 — Add up to exactly 103
Teal= — Show the same number on every cell2
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