Meowdoku Level 575 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 1: Place cat at R2 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 2: Place cat at R1 C10: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 3: Mark X at R3 C3, R4 C3, and R5 C3 + 3 more: a region is locked to this column
The brown region must use column 3. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 4: Mark X at R4 C2, R5 C2, and R6 C2 + 1 more: a region is locked to this column
The pink region must use column 2. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 5: Mark X at R4 C4, R4 C5, and R4 C8 + 1 more: a region is locked to this row
The rose region must use row 4. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 6: Mark X at R9 C3: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the pink region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 7: Place cat at R10 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 8: Place cat at R8 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 9: Mark X at R6 C4: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the teal region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 10: Mark X at R3 C6, R3 C7, and R5 C6 + 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 575 Step 11: Mark X at R7 C7: 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 575 Step 12: Mark X at R7 C8: 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 575 Step 13: Mark X at R3 C5 and R6 C7: rows or columns are reserved
The teal, yellow, rose, and green regions must use columns 4, 5, 6, and 7. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 14: Mark X at R6 C6: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 5 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 15: Mark X at R5 C4: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the teal 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 575 Step 16: Mark X at R5 C5: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the teal 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 575 Step 17: Place cat at R3 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 18: Mark X at R9 C8: a region is locked to this column
The magenta region must use column 8. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 19: Mark X at R9 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 575 Step 20: Mark X at R5 C9 and R6 C9: 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 575 Step 21: Place cat at R5 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 5 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 22: Place cat at R4 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 23: Place cat at R6 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 24: Place cat at R9 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Step 25: Place cat at R7 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 575 Result
All 10 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C10
- R2 C1
- R3 C4
- R4 C6
- R5 C8
- R6 C5
- R7 C9
- R8 C2
- R9 C7
- R10 C3