Meowdoku Level 468 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 1: Mark X at R6 C1, R6 C2, and R6 C3 + 3 more: a region is locked to this row
The purple region must use row 6. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 2: Mark X at R1 C7, R1 C8, and R1 C9 + 9 more: rows or columns are reserved
The green, yellow, sky blue, rose, and teal regions must use rows 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 3: Mark X at R5 C3, R5 C4, and R5 C8 + 1 more: rows or columns are reserved
The green, yellow, sky blue, rose, and teal regions must use rows 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 4: Mark X at R2 C2, R3 C2, and R4 C2 + 3 more: rows or columns are reserved
The rose and magenta regions must use columns 1 and 2. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 5: Mark X at R3 C3, R7 C3, and R8 C3 + 1 more: a region is locked to this column
The green region must use column 3. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 6: Mark X at R8 C4, R8 C5, and R8 C7 + 5 more: rows or columns are reserved
The yellow, sky blue, teal, purple, and brown regions must use columns 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 7: Mark X at R1 C2, R1 C4, and R2 C4: 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 468 Step 8: Place cat at R8 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 2 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 9: Mark X at R2 C5, R3 C5, and R4 C5: 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 468 Step 10: Mark X at R4 C6: 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 468 Step 11: Mark X at R5 C6 and R7 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 468 Step 12: Mark X at R6 C6: 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 468 Step 13: Mark X at R2 C3: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the green region. That assumption would leave Column 6 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 468 Step 14: Place cat at R1 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 15: Place cat at R3 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 16: Place cat at R4 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 4 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 17: Place cat at R9 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 9 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 18: Place cat at R2 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 6 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 19: Place cat at R5 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 20: Place cat at R6 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 468 Step 21: Place cat at R7 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 468 Result
All 9 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C3
- R2 C6
- R3 C4
- R4 C1
- R5 C7
- R6 C5
- R7 C8
- R8 C2
- R9 C9