Meowdoku Level 215 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 1: Place cat at R8 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 2: Place cat at R9 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 3: Mark X at R10 C1, R10 C2, and R10 C3 + 1 more: a region is locked to this row
The yellow region must use row 10. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 4: Mark X at R2 C1, R2 C2, and R2 C5 + 9 more: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue, pink, orange, teal, green, and magenta regions must use rows 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 5: Place cat at R1 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 1 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 6: Mark X at R2 C3, R2 C4, and R3 C3: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue, orange, teal, green, magenta, and yellow regions must use columns 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 7: Mark X at R3 C7, R3 C10, and R4 C7 + 1 more: rows or columns are reserved
The pink, orange, teal, green, and magenta regions must use rows 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 8: Mark X at R5 C4, R6 C3, and R6 C4: 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 215 Step 9: Mark X at R4 C3: a region is locked to this column
The teal region must use column 3. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 10: Mark X at R6 C2: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the teal region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 11: Mark X at R5 C10 and R6 C7: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 8 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 12: Mark X at R2 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the sky blue region. That assumption would leave the magenta region with no legal cell left. So cannot contain a cat. Mark it with X.
Try a temporary cat at , then follow what the puzzle rules force. If it leads to a contradiction, the must be X in the real puzzle.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 13: Place cat at R2 C10: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 14: Mark X at R5 C8: a region is locked to this column
The green region must use column 8. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 15: Mark X at R7 C3: rows or columns are reserved
The green and magenta regions must use rows 6 and 7. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 16: Place cat at R5 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 17: Place cat at R3 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 18: Place cat at R4 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 19: Place cat at R7 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 20: Place cat at R6 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Step 21: Place cat at R10 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 215 Result
All 10 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C1
- R2 C10
- R3 C2
- R4 C5
- R5 C3
- R6 C8
- R7 C4
- R8 C6
- R9 C9
- R10 C7