Meowdoku Level 736 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 1: Mark X at R2 C3, R2 C6, and R2 C7 + 5 more: rows or columns are reserved
The brown and magenta regions must use rows 2 and 3. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 2: Mark X at R1 C5, R1 C6, and R4 C6 + 1 more: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue, brown, magenta, yellow, rose, and teal regions must use columns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 3: Mark X at R1 C4: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the brown region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 4: Mark X at R1 C2: 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 736 Step 5: Mark X at R5 C4: 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 736 Step 6: Mark X at R6 C2, R6 C3, and R7 C3: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue, magenta, and rose regions must use columns 1, 2, and 3. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 7: Mark X at R6 C5: 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 736 Step 8: Mark X at R4 C3: 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 736 Step 9: Mark X at R1 C7: a region is locked to this row
The sky blue region must use row 1. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 10: Mark X at R2 C2: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the sky blue region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 11: Mark X at R4 C1: 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 736 Step 12: Mark X at R6 C7: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 6 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 13: Mark X at R5 C3: 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 736 Step 14: Place cat at R1 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 3 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 15: Mark X at R4 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the brown region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 16: Mark X at R3 C4: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the brown region. That assumption would leave Row 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 736 Step 17: Place cat at R2 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 18: Place cat at R3 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 19: Mark X at R4 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 736 Step 20: Place cat at R4 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 4 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 21: Place cat at R7 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 22: Place cat at R5 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 736 Step 23: Place cat at R6 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 736 Result
All 7 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C3
- R2 C5
- R3 C2
- R4 C4
- R5 C7
- R6 C1
- R7 C6