Meowdoku Level 267 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 1: Place cat at R3 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 2: Mark X at R1 C1, R1 C2, and R2 C1 + 1 more: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue and green regions must use columns 1 and 2. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 3: Mark X at R1 C5 and R2 C5: 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 267 Step 4: Mark X at R5 C1 and R6 C1: 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 267 Step 5: Mark X at R1 C6 and R1 C7: 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 267 Step 6: Mark X at R6 C8: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the brown region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 7: Mark X at R8 C7: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the pink region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 8: Mark X at R6 C6: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 7 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 9: Mark X at R2 C6: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta region. That assumption would leave the yellow 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 267 Step 10: Mark X at R5 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 267 Step 11: Mark X at R7 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the yellow region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 12: Mark X at R1 C8, R5 C7, and R6 C7: 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 267 Step 13: Place cat at R1 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 1 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 14: Mark X at R7 C8 and R8 C8: a region is locked to this column
The brown region must use column 8. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 15: Mark X at R7 C1: a region is locked to this row
The pink region must use row 7. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 16: Mark X at R8 C6: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the pink region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 17: Mark X at R6 C5: a region is locked to this column
The yellow region must use column 5. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 18: Place cat at R6 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 6 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 19: Place cat at R4 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 20: Place cat at R8 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 8 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 21: Place cat at R7 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 22: Place cat at R5 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 267 Step 23: Place cat at R2 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 267 Result
All 8 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C4
- R2 C8
- R3 C3
- R4 C1
- R5 C6
- R6 C2
- R7 C7
- R8 C5