Level 12 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 12 Solution: A Small 6x6 Board With Big Deductions
Meowdoku Level 12 packs a lot of reasoning into a 6x6 grid: the first cat sits at the bottom, and the second needs locked columns plus tiles that touch a whole color.
Meowdoku Level 12 is only 6x6, with six colors and six cats, but do not let the small size fool you. It is rated medium, and its second cat takes more reasoning than any single step on the bigger boards before it. The rules of Meowdoku are unchanged: one cat in every row, column, and color, and no cats touching, even diagonally. It is free and plays in your browser.
This level is a nice introduction to a new kind of thinking for cat games and logic puzzle games. Instead of only asking where a color can go, you also ask which tiles a color would always touch. The guide below explains that idea gently, shows why the opening is at the bottom of the board, and lists the full answer.
Meowdoku Level 12 at a glance
- Board: 6×6 grid with 6 colored regions and 6 cats to place
- Difficulty: Medium
- Hardest technique needed: Tile touching a whole color
- Logical steps: 16 (6 cats and 10 crosses)
- Smallest color: soda with 1 tile
What the Level 12 grid looks like
The colors are rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, and soda. Soda is the smallest at one tile, sitting at row 6, column 5. Butter has two tiles in column 1, apricot has three, rose has five, matcha has seven, and mint is a big region of eighteen tiles that fills most of the lower half of the board.
The top of the board is crowded with small shapes. Rose curls through the top left, apricot sits in the middle of rows 1 and 2, and matcha forms a hook on the right. When several small regions share a tight corner like this, brain games such as Meowdoku often reward you for studying how those regions press against each other.
The first move: soda at the bottom
Unlike many earlier levels, the opening cat is not in the top row. The single soda tile is at row 6, column 5, so that is your forced first cat. Double-tap it, then cross out row 6, column 5, and the tiles around it.
Those crosses clear part of the mint region along the bottom, but they do not leave any color with a single tile. That is where Meowdoku Level 12 asks you to slow down, because the next cat takes a whole series of crosses to find.
The key moment: tiles that touch a whole color
This stretch is the real brain games workout of the level. Begin with the locked columns. Every open apricot tile is in column 4, so the mint tile at row 3, column 4 and the matcha tile at row 4, column 4 can be crossed. Every open butter tile is in column 1, so the rose tile at row 1, column 1 and the mint tiles at row 4 and row 5 of column 1 can be crossed too.
Next comes the new idea. The tile at row 2, column 3 touches every open rose tile that is left. Wherever the rose cat ends up, it would be next to that tile, and cats cannot touch, so no cat can ever sit there. In the same way, the tile at row 1, column 3 touches every open apricot tile, so it is crossed as well. With those gone, all remaining rose tiles sit in column 2, which crosses the mint tiles at row 4 and row 5 of column 2.
Now check row 5. After all of that, it has only one open tile, the mint tile at row 5, column 3, so the mint cat goes there. Row 4 then has a single open tile at row 4, column 6 for matcha. One more touching-tile cross, at row 2, column 1 against the rose region, leaves butter with row 3, column 1, and rose and apricot finish on row 1, column 2 and row 2, column 4.
Lessons from Level 12 for tougher cat puzzle game boards
Level 12 shows that a small board can still be demanding. The ideas it introduces will come back often in Meowdoku and in other puzzle games based on regions and lines.
The biggest shift is learning to think about what a cat would do to its neighbors, not only where it could sit. Once that idea clicks, crowded corners full of small colors start to feel like helpful clues instead of obstacles.
- Do not assume the first cat is at the top; find the smallest color wherever it is.
- If one tile touches every open tile of a color, that tile can never hold a cat.
- Touching-tile crosses often create a new locked line, so recheck columns right after.
- When colors stall, count open tiles in each row; rows 5 and 4 finish the job here.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 12 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 6, column 5 (soda)
The soda region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 6, column 5. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 2: row 5, column 3 (mint)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open apricot tile sits in column 4, so that column's cat must be apricot. Cross out the mint tile at row 3, column 4.
- Every open apricot tile sits in column 4, so that column's cat must be apricot. Cross out the matcha tile at row 4, column 4.
- Every open butter tile sits in column 1, so that column's cat must be butter. Cross out the rose tile at row 1, column 1.
- Every open butter tile sits in column 1, so that column's cat must be butter. Cross out the mint tile at row 4, column 1.
- Every open butter tile sits in column 1, so that column's cat must be butter. Cross out the mint tile at row 5, column 1.
- The tile at row 2, column 3 touches every open tile left in the rose region. Wherever the rose cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
- The tile at row 1, column 3 touches every open tile left in the apricot region. Wherever the apricot cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
- Every open rose tile sits in column 2, so that column's cat must be rose. Cross out the mint tile at row 4, column 2.
- Every open rose tile sits in column 2, so that column's cat must be rose. Cross out the mint tile at row 5, column 2.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the first cat crossed out, row 5 has only one open tile left, the mint tile at row 5, column 3, so its cat goes there. Technique: Last open tile in a row or column.
Cat 3: row 4, column 6 (matcha)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 2 cats placed so far crossed out, row 4 has only one open tile left, the matcha tile at row 4, column 6, so its cat goes there. Technique: Last open tile in a row or column.
Cat 4: row 3, column 1 (butter)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- The tile at row 2, column 1 touches every open tile left in the rose region. Wherever the rose cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 3 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 5: row 1, column 2 (rose)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 4 cats placed so far crossed out, 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 6: row 2, column 4 (apricot)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 5 cats placed so far crossed out, the apricot region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 2, column 4. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 12 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 12 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 12?
In solve order, the six cats are row 6, column 5 (soda); row 5, column 3 (mint); row 4, column 6 (matcha); row 3, column 1 (butter); row 1, column 2 (rose); and row 2, column 4 (apricot).
What is the first move in Meowdoku Level 12?
The first cat goes on row 6, column 5. The soda region is a single tile there, so it is forced before any other cat.
Why is row 2, column 3 crossed out in Meowdoku Level 12?
That tile touches every open tile left in the rose region. Wherever the rose cat lands, it would touch row 2, column 3, and cats may not touch, so no cat can go there.
Is Meowdoku Level 12 harder than it looks?
Yes. It is a 6x6 board rated medium, and the second cat needs locked columns, tiles that touch a whole color, and a check of row 5. It is a good test for anyone who enjoys logic puzzle games.
Is Meowdoku free to play?
Yes. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that runs in your browser, so you can play Level 12 on a phone, tablet, or computer.
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