Meowdoku Level 272 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 1: Place cat at R1 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 2: Place cat at R3 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 3: Place cat at R2 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 4: Mark X at R4 C5 and R4 C8: a region is locked to this row
The sky blue region must use row 4. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 5: Mark X at R7 C6, R7 C7, and R8 C6: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue, rose, and yellow regions must use columns 6, 7, and 8. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 6: Mark X at R5 C6 and R5 C7: 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 272 Step 7: Mark X at R5 C5, R6 C7, and R6 C8: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the rose region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 8: Mark X at R4 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 272 Step 9: Place cat at R4 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 10: Place cat at R5 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 11: Place cat at R8 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 12: Place cat at R6 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 272 Step 13: Place cat at R7 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 272 Result
All 8 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C4
- R2 C1
- R3 C3
- R4 C6
- R5 C8
- R6 C2
- R7 C5
- R8 C7