Meowdoku Level 173 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 1: Place cat at R3 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 2: Place cat at R4 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 3: Mark X at R6 C2: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the blue region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 4: Mark X at R5 C4 and R6 C1: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the magenta region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 5: Mark X at R7 C2: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 5 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 6: Mark X at R1 C1 and R2 C1: a region is locked to this column
The blue region must use column 1. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 7: Mark X at R1 C7: a region is locked to this row
The rose region must use row 1. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 8: Mark X at R7 C4 and R7 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 6 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 9: Mark X at R2 C7: a region is locked to this column
The yellow region must use column 7. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 10: Place cat at R2 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 11: Place cat at R1 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 12: Place cat at R6 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 13: Place cat at R7 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 173 Step 14: Place cat at R5 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 173 Result
All 7 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C2
- R2 C5
- R3 C3
- R4 C6
- R5 C1
- R6 C4
- R7 C7