Meowdoku Level 486 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 1: Place cat at R5 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 2: Place cat at R2 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 3: Mark X at R7 C1 and R7 C2: a region is locked to this row
The rose region must use row 7. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 4: Mark X at R6 C1: a region is locked to this row
The yellow region must use row 6. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 5: Mark X at R3 C3, R3 C4, and R4 C4: rows or columns are reserved
The pink, light blue, yellow, and rose regions must use columns 2, 3, 4, and 5. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 6: Mark X at R4 C1: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the light blue region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 7: Mark X at R6 C4: 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 486 Step 8: Mark X at R4 C2: 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 486 Step 9: Mark X at R1 C3: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 4 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 486 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 rose 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 486 Step 11: Mark X at R4 C5: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink region. That assumption would leave the rose 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 486 Step 12: Place cat at R1 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 13: Place cat at R3 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 14: Place cat at R4 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The light blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 15: Place cat at R7 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 486 Step 16: Place cat at R6 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 486 Result
All 7 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C4
- R2 C6
- R3 C1
- R4 C3
- R5 C7
- R6 C2
- R7 C5