Meowdoku Level 876 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 1: Mark X at R3 C1 and R5 C2: 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 876 Step 2: Mark X at R6 C6: 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 876 Step 3: Mark X at R1 C1: 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 876 Step 4: Mark X at R2 C3: 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 876 Step 5: Mark X at R3 C2 and R3 C4: rows or columns are reserved
The purple, magenta, pink, yellow, and teal regions must use rows 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 6: Mark X at R4 C4: 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 876 Step 7: Mark X at R1 C2: 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 876 Step 8: Mark X at R1 C3: 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 876 Step 9: Mark X at R2 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 876 Step 10: 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 876 Step 11: Mark X at R2 C1: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the brown 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 876 Step 12: Mark X at R2 C2: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the brown 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 876 Step 13: Mark X at R5 C4: a region is locked to this column
The brown region must use column 4. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 14: Mark X at R5 C5, R5 C6, and R6 C5: rows or columns are reserved
The sky blue, magenta, and yellow regions must use columns 5, 6, and 7. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 15: Mark X at R7 C3: a region is locked to this column
The purple region must use column 3. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 16: Mark X at R1 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 876 Step 17: Mark X at R2 C4: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the brown region. That assumption would leave the teal 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 876 Step 18: Place cat at R1 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 19: Mark X at R3 C6 and R3 C7: 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 876 Step 20: Mark X at R2 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the sky blue region. That assumption would leave the teal 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 876 Step 21: Place cat at R2 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 22: Place cat at R3 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 3 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 23: Mark X at R4 C1: a region is locked to this row
The magenta region must use row 4. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 24: Place cat at R5 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 25: Place cat at R7 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 26: Place cat at R6 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 876 Step 27: Place cat at R4 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 876 Result
All 7 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C4
- R2 C6
- R3 C3
- R4 C5
- R5 C1
- R6 C7
- R7 C2