Level 102 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 102 Walkthrough: Three Columns and a Giant Lilac Region
Meowdoku Level 102 is an easy 8x8 board that gives you four free cats in a row, then asks for three column locks so the enormous lilac region can finally be pinned down.
Meowdoku Level 102 is an easy 8x8 board with eight colors, and it is one of the most relaxing stops in this part of the campaign. The first four cats arrive with no crosses at all, which makes it a lovely level to play when you want the pleasure of a solved grid without a headache. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that plays in your browser, so nothing stands between you and the board.
The twist is the lilac region, which swallows eighteen tiles across the bottom left of the grid. A region that big is hard to pin down, and Level 102 solves the problem by locking three of its neighbours into single columns. This guide walks through the board, the easy opening run, the five crosses that matter, and the ideas you can carry into tougher logic puzzle games.
Meowdoku Level 102 at a glance
- Board: 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions and 8 cats to place
- Difficulty: Easy
- Hardest technique needed: Color locked to one line
- Logical steps: 13 (8 cats and 5 crosses)
- Smallest color: rose with 1 tile
The Meowdoku Level 102 layout
The eight colors here are rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, and lilac. Rose is the smallest region on the board, a single tile at row 1, column 2, squeezed between butter tiles. Matcha is next with four tiles forming a small T shape at row 3, columns 3, 4, and 5, plus row 4, column 4, and apricot has five tiles along the top right.
Lilac is the giant of this cat puzzle game with eighteen tiles, filling the bottom left corner and reaching all the way along row 8 from column 1 to column 6. Butter has twelve tiles across the top left, soda has nine stacked in columns 7 and 8, periwinkle has eight in the lower middle, and mint has seven threading down the centre. The whole right side of the board is a tall soda tower, and that shape turns out to be the clue that breaks the level open.
The opening: rose leads a chain of forced regions
Begin Meowdoku Level 102 at row 1, column 2, because the rose region is only that tile and the rose cat is forced there. That one placement clears the whole of row 1, and since four of the five apricot tiles sit in row 1, apricot is instantly reduced to a single option at row 2, column 7. Your second cat goes there without a moment of doubt.
The run keeps going. With row 1 and row 2 spoken for and column 7 cleared, butter has only row 3, column 1 left, and then matcha has only row 4, column 4. Four cats, four regions, no crosses. That is unusual even among easy cat games, and it means the board is already more than half decided before you have to think hard.
The key moment: locking columns 5, 6, and 8
After four cats the big regions look stubborn, and this is where Meowdoku Level 102 asks for real reasoning. The technique is T3, a color locked to one line, and it fires three times. Look at mint first: every open mint tile now sits in column 6, so the cat in column 6 must be the mint cat. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 7, column 6 and the lilac tile at row 8, column 6.
Soda tells the same story in column 8, so cross out the periwinkle tiles at row 7, column 8 and row 8, column 8. Periwinkle has now lost enough tiles that everything it has left sits in column 5, which means you can cross out the lilac tile at row 8, column 5 as well. Three colors, three columns, five crosses.
Now stop looking at regions and look at a row. Row 8 has exactly one open tile left, the lilac tile at row 8, column 3, so the lilac cat goes there by technique T2, the last open tile in a row or column. That is the deduction the whole level was building toward, because lilac is far too large to pin down any other way. Row 7 then answers the same way with periwinkle at row 7, column 5, and mint and soda close the board out as last open tiles in their regions.
How to handle huge regions in Meowdoku
A region with eighteen tiles will almost never be solved by staring at it. Level 102 shows the standard answer: pin down its small neighbours first, and let the crosses they generate shrink the giant from the outside in. That approach works on every board in these animal games, not just this one.
Keep this checklist handy when a region feels impossible to narrow down.
- Ignore the biggest region at the start and solve around it instead.
- Check every medium region for a single-column or single-row fit, since those locks produce the most crosses.
- Once crosses pile up, count the open tiles in each row and column rather than in each color.
- On an easy board like this one, a free run of forced regions is normal, so do not assume you missed something.
- Single-tap to mark crosses and double-tap only to settle a cat, which keeps your fish safe while you experiment mentally.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 102 solution
Every cat below is forced by logic, in the order a careful solver finds them. No guessing is needed. If you only want a nudge, read one step, close this page, and return to the game.
Cat 1: row 1, column 2 (rose)
The rose region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 1, column 2. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 2: row 2, column 7 (apricot)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the first cat crossed out, the apricot region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 2, column 7. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 3: row 3, column 1 (butter)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 2 cats placed so far crossed out, the butter region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 3, column 1. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 4: row 4, column 4 (matcha)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 3 cats placed so far crossed out, the matcha region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 4, column 4. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 5: row 8, column 3 (lilac)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open mint tile sits in column 6, so that column's cat must be mint. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 7, column 6.
- Every open mint tile sits in column 6, so that column's cat must be mint. Cross out the lilac tile at row 8, column 6.
- Every open soda tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be soda. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 7, column 8.
- Every open soda tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be soda. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 8, column 8.
- Every open periwinkle tile sits in column 5, so that column's cat must be periwinkle. Cross out the lilac tile at row 8, column 5.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 4 cats placed so far crossed out, row 8 has only one open tile left, the lilac tile at row 8, column 3, so its cat goes there. Technique: Last open tile in a row or column.
Cat 6: row 7, column 5 (periwinkle)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 5 cats placed so far crossed out, row 7 has only one open tile left, the periwinkle tile at row 7, column 5, so its cat goes there. Technique: Last open tile in a row or column.
Cat 7: row 5, column 6 (mint)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 6 cats placed so far crossed out, the mint region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 5, column 6. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 8: row 6, column 8 (soda)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 7 cats placed so far crossed out, the soda region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 6, column 8. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 102 solved board
Here is the finished board. Every row, every column, and every color holds exactly one cat, and no two cats touch, not even at the corners.
Meowdoku Level 102 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 102?
In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 2 (rose); row 2, column 7 (apricot); row 3, column 1 (butter); row 4, column 4 (matcha); row 8, column 3 (lilac); row 7, column 5 (periwinkle); row 5, column 6 (mint); and row 6, column 8 (soda).
Where do I place the first cat in Meowdoku Level 102?
Place the first cat on row 1, column 2, where the single rose tile sits. Because that region has only one tile, the rose cat is forced there and it is the safest possible way to start this cat puzzle game.
How do I find the lilac cat in Meowdoku Level 102?
Lock mint to column 6 and cross out row 7, column 6 and row 8, column 6. Lock soda to column 8 and cross out row 7, column 8 and row 8, column 8. Lock periwinkle to column 5 and cross out row 8, column 5. Row 8 then has one open tile left, the lilac tile at row 8, column 3.
Is Meowdoku Level 102 a good level for beginners?
Yes. It is rated easy, the solve is only 13 steps with 5 crosses, and the hardest idea is technique T3, a color locked to one line. It is a friendly introduction to the kind of thinking the harder brain games in Meowdoku will ask for later.
Do I need to download anything to play Meowdoku?
No. Meowdoku is one of those free online games that runs entirely in your browser, so you can open Level 102 on a phone or a computer and start placing cats straight away.
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