Meowdoku Level 261 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 1: Place cat at R3 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 2: Place cat at R2 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 3: Mark X at R5 C7, R6 C7, and R7 C7: a region is locked to this column
The brown region must use column 7. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 4: Mark X at R1 C6 and R7 C6: a region is locked to this column
The blue region must use column 6. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 5: Mark X at R5 C1, R5 C3, and R6 C1: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue and blue regions must use rows 5 and 6. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 6: Mark X at R4 C3: rows or columns are reserved
The brown and teal regions must use rows 1 and 4. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 7: Mark X at R7 C4: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the sky blue region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 8: Mark X at R6 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 261 Step 9: Mark X at R4 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the brown region. That assumption would leave Row 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 261 Step 10: Place cat at R1 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 11: Place cat at R4 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 12: Place cat at R7 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 13: Place cat at R5 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 261 Step 14: Place cat at R6 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 261 Result
All 7 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C7
- R2 C2
- R3 C5
- R4 C1
- R5 C4
- R6 C6
- R7 C3