Meowdoku Level 254 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 1: Place cat at R4 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 2: Place cat at R7 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 3: Place cat at R8 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 4: Mark X at R6 C5 and R6 C9: a region is locked to this row
The blue region must use row 6. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 5: Mark X at R1 C7, R1 C8, and R2 C8 + 2 more: rows or columns are reserved
The green and blue regions must use columns 7 and 8. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 6: Mark X at R5 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 254 Step 7: Mark X at R5 C8: 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 254 Step 8: Mark X at R2 C9: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the green region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 9: Mark X at R1 C3: 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 254 Step 10: Mark X at R2 C1, R3 C1, and R3 C9: rows or columns are reserved
The teal and green regions must use rows 2 and 3. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 11: Mark X at R1 C5: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the orange 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 254 Step 12: Place cat at R2 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 5 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 13: Place cat at R3 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 14: Place cat at R6 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 15: Place cat at R5 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 3 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 16: Place cat at R1 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 254 Step 17: Place cat at R9 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 254 Result
All 9 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C9
- R2 C5
- R3 C8
- R4 C6
- R5 C3
- R6 C7
- R7 C2
- R8 C4
- R9 C1