Meowdoku Level 952 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 1: Mark X at R4 C1: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the blue region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 2: Mark X at R7 C3 and R8 C5: 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 952 Step 3: Mark X at R6 C1: 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 952 Step 4: Mark X at R1 C5: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta region. That assumption would leave the 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 952 Step 5: Mark X at R2 C7: 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 952 Step 6: Mark X at R1 C6: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta region. That assumption would leave the 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 952 Step 7: Mark X at R2 C8: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta region. That assumption would leave the 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 952 Step 8: Mark X at R1 C2, R1 C3, and R1 C4: 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 952 Step 9: Mark X at R3 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta 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 952 Step 10: Mark X at R3 C8: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta 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 952 Step 11: Mark X at R4 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta 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 952 Step 12: Mark X at R4 C8: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta 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 952 Step 13: Mark X at R5 C7: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the magenta 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 952 Step 14: Mark X at R1 C1: a region is locked to this row
The magenta region must use row 1. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 15: Mark X at R2 C1: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the sky blue 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 952 Step 16: Mark X at R4 C2: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 1 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 17: Mark X at R5 C3, R5 C4, and R5 C5 + 4 more: rows or columns are reserved
The blue, teal, pink, and yellow regions must use rows 5, 6, 7, and 8. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 18: Mark X at R2 C2, R2 C4, and R2 C5 + 1 more: rows or columns are reserved
The orange, brown, blue, pink, 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 952 Step 19: Mark X at R8 C6: a region is locked to this column
The sky blue region must use column 6. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 20: Mark X at R3 C5: 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 952 Step 21: Mark X at R3 C4: 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 952 Step 22: Place cat at R4 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 23: Place cat at R2 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 24: Place cat at R1 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 25: Mark X at R7 C1 and R8 C1: rows or columns are reserved
The teal, pink, and yellow regions must use rows 6, 7, and 8. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 26: Mark X at R6 C2: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the blue region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 27: Mark X at R7 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 952 Step 28: Place cat at R7 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 7 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 29: Place cat at R5 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 30: Place cat at R3 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 31: Place cat at R8 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 952 Step 32: Place cat at R6 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The teal region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 952 Result
All 8 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C8
- R2 C6
- R3 C3
- R4 C5
- R5 C1
- R6 C7
- R7 C2
- R8 C4