Meowdoku Level 789 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 1: Mark X at R3 C4 and R4 C6: 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 789 Step 2: Mark X at R1 C7, R1 C8, and R2 C7 + 6 more: rows or columns are reserved
The pink and yellow regions must use columns 7 and 8. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 3: Mark X at R1 C1: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta 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 789 Step 4: Mark X at R1 C2: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta 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 789 Step 5: Mark X at R1 C3: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta 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 789 Step 6: Mark X at R2 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 1 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 7: Mark X at R6 C4 and R7 C4: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 3 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 8: Mark X at R2 C1: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta region. That assumption would leave the orange 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 789 Step 9: Mark X at R2 C2: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta region. That assumption would leave the orange 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 789 Step 10: Mark X at R2 C4: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta region. That assumption would leave Row 3 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 789 Step 11: Mark X at R5 C6, R6 C6, and R7 C6 + 1 more: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 2 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 12: Mark X at R3 C1: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta region. That assumption would leave the light blue 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 789 Step 13: Mark X at R2 C3: 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 789 Step 14: Place cat at R2 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 2 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 15: Place cat at R1 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 1 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 16: Place cat at R4 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 17: Place cat at R5 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 18: Place cat at R3 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 3 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 19: Place cat at R6 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 20: Place cat at R8 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The light blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 789 Step 21: Place cat at R7 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 789 Result
All 8 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C4
- R2 C6
- R3 C3
- R4 C5
- R5 C7
- R6 C2
- R7 C8
- R8 C1