Meowdoku Level 464 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 1: Mark X at R4 C1, R4 C2, and R4 C3 + 4 more: a region is locked to this row
The yellow region must use row 4. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 2: Mark X at R2 C1, R2 C4, and R3 C1 + 6 more: regions are trapped in those lines
Row 1 can only be filled by the pink region. Those region must stay in that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 3: Mark X at R2 C7 and R3 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the green region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 4: Mark X at R3 C7, R3 C8, and R5 C7 + 1 more: 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 464 Step 5: Mark X at R1 C6, R5 C6, and R6 C6 + 3 more: 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 464 Step 6: Mark X at R2 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the green region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 7: Mark X at R1 C9: 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 464 Step 8: Mark X at R9 C3: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the orange region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 9: Mark X at R6 C8: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 5 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 10: Mark X at R1 C2: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink region. That assumption would leave the purple 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 464 Step 11: Mark X at R1 C3: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink region. That assumption would leave Row 7 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 464 Step 12: Mark X at R1 C4: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink region. That assumption would leave the purple 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 464 Step 13: Mark X at R1 C5: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink region. That assumption would leave the orange 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 464 Step 14: Mark X at R1 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink region. That assumption would leave the orange 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 464 Step 15: Mark X at R1 C8: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink region. That assumption would leave Column 1 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 464 Step 16: Place cat at R1 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 17: Mark X at R6 C3: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 2 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 18: Mark X at R3 C6: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the green region. That assumption would leave the orange 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 464 Step 19: Place cat at R2 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 20: Mark X at R6 C9, R7 C9, and R8 C9 + 1 more: a region is locked to this column
The purple region must use column 9. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 21: Mark X at R8 C3 and R8 C4: a region is locked to this row
The magenta region must use row 8. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 22: Mark X at R9 C2: a region is locked to this row
The orange region must use row 9. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 23: Mark X at R4 C8: 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 464 Step 24: Place cat at R4 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 25: Mark X at R3 C9: a region is locked to this row
The teal region must use row 3. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 26: Place cat at R5 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 27: Place cat at R6 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 2 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 28: Place cat at R3 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 3 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 29: Place cat at R9 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 4 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 30: Place cat at R8 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 464 Step 31: Place cat at R7 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 464 Result
All 9 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C1
- R2 C6
- R3 C3
- R4 C7
- R5 C9
- R6 C2
- R7 C5
- R8 C8
- R9 C4