Meowdoku Level 390 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 1: Place cat at R1 C10: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 2: Place cat at R10 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 3: Mark X at R3 C1, R3 C2, and R3 C3 + 3 more: a region is locked to this row
The rose region must use row 3. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 4: Mark X at R2 C1, R2 C2, and R2 C7 + 1 more: a region is locked to this row
The magenta region must use row 2. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 5: Mark X at R6 C2, R7 C2, and R8 C2 + 1 more: a region is locked to this column
The teal region must use column 2. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 6: Mark X at R4 C1, R4 C3, and R5 C1 + 5 more: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue and teal regions must use rows 4 and 5. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 7: Mark X at R7 C7 and R8 C7: 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 390 Step 8: Mark X at R2 C4, R2 C5, and R4 C4 + 1 more: 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 390 Step 9: Mark X at R6 C4: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 1 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 10: Mark X at R4 C6: 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 390 Step 11: Mark X at R6 C7 and R6 C8: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue and brown regions must use columns 7 and 8. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 12: Mark X at R7 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 6 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 13: 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 390 Step 14: Place cat at R9 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 7 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 15: Mark X at R2 C6: a region is locked to this column
The green region must use column 6. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 16: Place cat at R2 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 17: Place cat at R3 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 18: Place cat at R6 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 19: Place cat at R7 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 20: Place cat at R8 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 21: Place cat at R4 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Step 22: Place cat at R5 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 390 Result
All 10 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C10
- R2 C3
- R3 C5
- R4 C2
- R5 C8
- R6 C1
- R7 C6
- R8 C4
- R9 C7
- R10 C9