Meowdoku Level 741 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 1: Mark X at R2 C6, R3 C5, and R3 C6 + 5 more: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue, pink, orange, and teal regions must use rows 1, 2, 3, and 4. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 2: Mark X at R1 C5, R5 C5, and R7 C5: rows or columns are reserved
The pink, orange, teal, purple, and yellow regions must use columns 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 3: Mark X at R2 C3 and R3 C4: 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 741 Step 4: Mark X at R5 C3, R6 C1, and R7 C1 + 2 more: rows or columns are reserved
The orange, teal, and purple regions must use columns 1, 2, and 3. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 5: Mark X at 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 741 Step 6: Mark X at R6 C3: 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 741 Step 7: Mark X at R1 C1, R1 C2, and R2 C1: rows or columns are reserved
The orange and purple regions must use columns 1 and 2. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 8: Mark X at R4 C2: 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 741 Step 9: Place cat at R4 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 4 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 10: Mark X at R1 C6: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the sky 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 741 Step 11: Mark X at R5 C7, R6 C7, and R7 C7: a region is locked to this column
The sky blue region must use column 7. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 12: Mark X at R6 C5: 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 741 Step 13: Place cat at R2 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 5 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 14: Place cat at R3 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 15: Place cat at R1 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 16: Place cat at R6 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 17: Place cat at R7 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 741 Step 18: Place cat at R5 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 741 Result
All 7 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C7
- R2 C5
- R3 C1
- R4 C3
- R5 C6
- R6 C2
- R7 C4