Meowdoku Level 251 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 1: Place cat at R7 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 2: Mark X at R4 C3, R5 C5, and R6 C4: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the orange region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 3: Mark X at R5 C6, R5 C7, and R6 C3: 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 251 Step 4: Mark X at R2 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the purple region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 5: Mark X at R2 C2 and R2 C3: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 1 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 6: Mark X at R1 C6, R1 C7, and R3 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 2 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 7: Mark X at R4 C2: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 3 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 8: Mark X at R2 C6: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 5 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 9: Mark X at R1 C3: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the teal region. That assumption would leave Column 5 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 251 Step 10: Mark X at R3 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 251 Step 11: Mark X at R4 C4: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 3 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 12: Mark X at R5 C2: a region is locked to this row
The orange region must use row 5. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 13: Place cat at R6 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 14: Place cat at R1 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 2 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 15: Place cat at R2 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 16: Place cat at R4 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 17: Place cat at R3 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 251 Step 18: Place cat at R5 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 251 Result
All 7 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C2
- R2 C4
- R3 C7
- R4 C5
- R5 C3
- R6 C6
- R7 C1