Meowdoku Level 580 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 1: Mark X at R1 C2, R1 C3, and R1 C4 + 9 more: rows or columns are reserved
The orange, brown, and pink regions must use columns 2, 3, and 4. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 2: Mark X at R5 C4: rows or columns are reserved
The orange, brown, and pink regions must use columns 2, 3, and 4. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 3: 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 580 Step 4: Mark X at R1 C5 and R4 C1: 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 580 Step 5: Mark X at R2 C6, R3 C6, and R4 C6 + 9 more: rows or columns are reserved
The light blue, purple, magenta, yellow, and rose regions must use columns 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 6: Mark X at R10 C7, R10 C8, and R10 C9 + 1 more: rows or columns are reserved
The light blue, purple, magenta, yellow, and rose regions must use columns 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 7: Mark X at R2 C9: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 10 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 8: Mark X at R1 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the light blue region. That assumption would leave the yellow 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 580 Step 9: Mark X at R1 C8: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the light blue region. That assumption would leave the yellow 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 580 Step 10: Mark X at R1 C9: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the light blue 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 580 Step 11: Mark X at R3 C10 and R4 C10: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 9 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 12: Mark X at R1 C10: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the light blue region. That assumption would leave the brown 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 580 Step 13: Mark X at R5 C9, R6 C9, and R7 C9 + 1 more: rows or columns are reserved
The light blue, purple, magenta, and rose regions must use columns 6, 7, 8, and 9. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 14: Mark X at R2 C5: 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 580 Step 15: Mark X at R3 C8: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 9 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 16: Mark X at R2 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the light blue region. That assumption would leave the brown 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 580 Step 17: Place cat at R1 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The light blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 18: Place cat at R4 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 19: Place cat at R3 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 9 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 20: Place cat at R2 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 2 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 21: Mark X at R5 C2 and R5 C10: a region is locked to this row
The magenta region must use row 5. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 22: Place cat at R6 C10: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 23: Place cat at R7 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 24: Place cat at R8 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 25: Place cat at R9 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 26: Place cat at R5 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Step 27: Place cat at R10 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 580 Result
All 10 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C6
- R2 C1
- R3 C9
- R4 C5
- R5 C7
- R6 C10
- R7 C2
- R8 C4
- R9 C8
- R10 C3


