Meowdoku Level 968 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 1: Mark X at R1 C1, R1 C2, and R1 C3: 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 968 Step 2: Mark X at R5 C1, R5 C2, and R5 C5 + 4 more: a region is locked to this row
The orange region must use row 5. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 3: Mark X at R1 C9, R2 C9, and R3 C9 + 1 more: a region is locked to this column
The blue region must use column 9. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 4: Mark X at R1 C7, R1 C8, and R2 C7 + 5 more: rows or columns are reserved
The yellow and magenta regions must use columns 7 and 8. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 5: Mark X at R1 C6, R6 C6, and R7 C6 + 2 more: a region is locked to this column
The pink region must use column 6. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 6: Mark X at R2 C4 and 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 968 Step 7: Mark X at R3 C2: 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 968 Step 8: Mark X at R4 C1 and R4 C6: rows or columns are reserved
The teal, yellow, green, magenta, and blue regions must use rows 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 9: Mark X at R3 C5: 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 968 Step 10: Mark X at R4 C3, R4 C4, and R6 C3 + 1 more: 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 968 Step 11: Mark X at R6 C7 and R7 C7: 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 968 Step 12: Mark X at R7 C8 and R8 C9: 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 968 Step 13: Mark X at R1 C4: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the brown region. That assumption would leave the green 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 968 Step 14: Place cat at R1 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 15: Place cat at R3 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The pink region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 16: Place cat at R6 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The yellow region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 17: Place cat at R8 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 18: Place cat at R9 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 19: Place cat at R4 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 4 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 20: Place cat at R5 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The orange region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 21: Place cat at R7 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 968 Step 22: Place cat at R2 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 968 Result
All 9 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C5
- R2 C3
- R3 C6
- R4 C2
- R5 C4
- R6 C8
- R7 C1
- R8 C7
- R9 C9