Meowdoku Level 565 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 1: Place cat at R1 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 2: Place cat at R10 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 3: Place cat at R9 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 4: Mark X at R3 C3, R3 C4, and R3 C5 + 2 more: a region is locked to this row
The sky blue region must use row 3. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 5: Mark X at R2 C5, R4 C5, and R7 C5: a region is locked to this column
The green region must use column 5. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 6: Mark X at R2 C4, R4 C4, and R5 C4: a region is locked to this column
The pink region must use column 4. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 7: Mark X at R3 C8: 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 565 Step 8: Place cat at R3 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 9: Place cat at R2 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 2 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 10: Place cat at R4 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 4 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 11: Mark X at R6 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 565 Step 12: Mark X at R6 C10: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the magenta region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 13: Mark X at R5 C10: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the orange 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 565 Step 14: Mark X at R6 C8: a region is locked to this column
The orange region must use column 8. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 15: Place cat at R6 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 6 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 16: Place cat at R8 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 17: Place cat at R7 C10: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Step 18: Place cat at R5 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 565 Result
All 10 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C2
- R2 C7
- R3 C9
- R4 C3
- R5 C8
- R6 C5
- R7 C10
- R8 C4
- R9 C6
- R10 C1