Meowdoku Level 878 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 1: Mark X at R1 C1, R1 C2, and R1 C3 + 6 more: rows or columns are reserved
The brown, magenta, and orange regions must use columns 1, 2, and 3. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 2: Mark X at R1 C8, R2 C8, and R3 C8 + 2 more: rows or columns are reserved
The pink, teal, yellow, purple, and green regions must use columns 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 3: Mark X at R4 C7, R5 C5, and R6 C6: 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 878 Step 4: Mark X at R1 C5: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink 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 878 Step 5: Mark X at R1 C6: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink 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 878 Step 6: Mark X at R5 C4, R6 C4, and R7 C4 + 2 more: a region is locked to this column
The pink region must use column 4. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 7: Mark X at R2 C4: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink 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 878 Step 8: Mark X at R3 C4: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink 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 878 Step 9: Mark X at R4 C4: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the pink 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 878 Step 10: Place cat at R1 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 11: Mark X at R8 C8 and R9 C6: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 5 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 12: Mark X at R3 C9: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose 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 878 Step 13: Mark X at R2 C6 and R4 C6: 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 878 Step 14: Mark X at R5 C1, R5 C2, and R5 C3 + 2 more: a region is locked to this row
The purple region must use row 5. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 15: Mark X at R6 C7: 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 878 Step 16: Mark X at R4 C5: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 8 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 17: Mark X at R4 C9: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave Column 8 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 878 Step 18: Mark X at R6 C9: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave Column 8 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 878 Step 19: Mark X at R7 C9: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave Column 8 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 878 Step 20: Mark X at R8 C9: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave Column 8 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 878 Step 21: Mark X at R9 C9: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave Column 8 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 878 Step 22: Place cat at R2 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 23: Mark X at R6 C5: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the teal region. That assumption would leave Column 8 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 878 Step 24: Mark X at R7 C2 and R7 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 878 Step 25: Mark X at R7 C5: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the teal region. That assumption would leave Column 8 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 878 Step 26: Mark X at R9 C5: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the teal region. That assumption would leave Column 8 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 878 Step 27: Mark X at R9 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the teal 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 878 Step 28: Mark X at R9 C8: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the teal region. That assumption would leave Column 5 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 878 Step 29: Place cat at R3 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 30: Place cat at R4 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 31: Place cat at R5 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 32: Place cat at R6 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 33: Place cat at R7 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 34: Place cat at R8 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 878 Step 35: Place cat at R9 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 878 Result
All 9 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C4
- R2 C9
- R3 C5
- R4 C8
- R5 C6
- R6 C3
- R7 C1
- R8 C7
- R9 C2


