Meowdoku Level 682 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 1: Mark X at R1 C1, R1 C2, and R1 C3: a region is locked to this row
The blue region must use row 1. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 2: Mark X at R2 C1, R3 C1, and R4 C1: a region is locked to this column
The brown region must use column 1. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 3: Mark X at R4 C4, R4 C5, and R4 C6 + 2 more: a region is locked to this row
The orange region must use row 4. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 4: Mark X at R1 C5, R2 C5, and R3 C5 + 2 more: a region is locked to this column
The teal region must use column 5. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 5: Mark X at R3 C7: 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 682 Step 6: Mark X at R5 C2, R5 C3, and R5 C4 + 6 more: rows or columns are reserved
The green, teal, brown, and purple regions must use rows 5, 6, 7, and 8. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 7: Mark X at R3 C2 and R3 C3: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the orange region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 8: Mark X at R5 C6, R6 C4, and R6 C6: 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 682 Step 9: Mark X at R1 C6: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the blue region. That assumption would leave the purple 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 682 Step 10: Mark X at R1 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the blue region. That assumption would leave the green 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 682 Step 11: Mark X at R1 C8: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the blue region. That assumption would leave the purple 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 682 Step 12: Place cat at R1 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 13: Mark X at R2 C6 and R2 C7: 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 682 Step 14: Mark X at R5 C8, R6 C8, and R7 C8 + 1 more: a region is locked to this column
The yellow region must use column 8. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 15: Place cat at R5 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 16: Place cat at R6 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 17: Place cat at R8 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 18: Place cat at R2 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 19: Place cat at R3 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 20: Place cat at R4 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 682 Step 21: Place cat at R7 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 682 Result
All 8 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C4
- R2 C2
- R3 C8
- R4 C3
- R5 C7
- R6 C5
- R7 C1
- R8 C6