Meowdoku Level 280 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 1: Place cat at R1 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 2: Mark X at R10 C4, R10 C5, and R10 C6 + 4 more: a region is locked to this row
The yellow region must use row 10. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 3: Mark X at R2 C9, R2 C10, and R3 C9 + 6 more: rows or columns are reserved
The magenta and rose regions must use columns 9 and 10. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 4: Mark X at R5 C5, R5 C6, and R5 C8 + 6 more: rows or columns are reserved
The magenta, light blue, rose, purple, and green regions must use rows 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 5: Mark X at R3 C7 and R3 C8: 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 280 Step 6: Mark X at R4 C7: rows or columns are reserved
The brown, pink, light blue, purple, green, and yellow regions must use columns 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 7: Mark X at R3 C5: 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 280 Step 8: Mark X at R7 C5, R8 C4, and R9 C6: 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 280 Step 9: Mark X at R9 C2 and R9 C3: 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 280 Step 10: Mark X at R2 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 3 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 11: Mark X at R4 C8: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the teal region. That assumption would leave the pink 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 280 Step 12: Place cat at R2 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 13: Mark X at R5 C2, R5 C3, and R6 C2 + 5 more: rows or columns are reserved
The brown and yellow regions must use columns 2 and 3. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 14: Place cat at R9 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 15: Place cat at R8 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 16: Place cat at R4 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 17: Place cat at R7 C10: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 18: Place cat at R5 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 19: Place cat at R6 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The light blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 20: Place cat at R10 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Step 21: Place cat at R3 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 280 Result
All 10 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C1
- R2 C8
- R3 C3
- R4 C5
- R5 C9
- R6 C7
- R7 C10
- R8 C6
- R9 C4
- R10 C2