Meowdoku Level 850 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 1: Mark X at R1 C1, R1 C2, and R1 C3 + 1 more: a region is locked to this row
The brown region must use row 1. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 2: Mark X at R1 C5, R1 C6, and R2 C5 + 9 more: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue, orange, and light blue regions must use columns 4, 5, and 6. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 3: Mark X at R1 C7, R2 C7, and R3 C7 + 5 more: a region is locked to this column
The teal region must use column 7. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 4: Mark X at R2 C8, R2 C9, and R2 C10 + 9 more: rows or columns are reserved
The brown, magenta, and pink regions must use columns 8, 9, and 10. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 5: Mark X at R7 C10, R8 C10, and R9 C10 + 3 more: rows or columns are reserved
The brown, magenta, and pink regions must use columns 8, 9, and 10. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 6: Mark X at R10 C4, R10 C5, and R10 C6: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue, orange, and light blue regions must use columns 4, 5, and 6. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 7: Mark X at R6 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 850 Step 8: Mark X at R8 C8: 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 850 Step 9: Mark X at R2 C1, R3 C1, and R4 C1 + 2 more: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 10 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 10: Mark X at R7 C2 and R8 C2: rows or columns are reserved
The green and rose regions must use columns 2 and 3. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 11: Mark X at R3 C3: 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 850 Step 12: Mark X at R5 C2: 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 850 Step 13: Mark X at R1 C9: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the brown region. That assumption would leave the pink 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 850 Step 14: Mark X at R1 C10: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the brown region. That assumption would leave the magenta 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 850 Step 15: Place cat at R1 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 16: Place cat at R4 C10: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 10 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 17: Place cat at R5 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 18: Place cat at R6 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 19: Place cat at R7 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The light blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 20: Place cat at R3 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 21: Place cat at R8 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 22: Place cat at R9 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 23: Place cat at R10 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Step 24: Place cat at R2 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 850 Result
All 10 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C8
- R2 C2
- R3 C5
- R4 C10
- R5 C3
- R6 C6
- R7 C4
- R8 C7
- R9 C9
- R10 C1