Level 16 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 16 Walkthrough: Let the Apricot Row Clear the Way
Meowdoku Level 16 is an 8x8 board where a one-tile rose corner starts the chain and a two-tile apricot region quietly claims row 2 for itself.
Meowdoku Level 16 moves you onto a roomy 8x8 grid with eight colored regions, which means eight cats to settle. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that plays right in your browser, and like the best logic puzzle games it never asks you to guess. Every row, every column, and every color needs exactly one cat, and no two cats may touch, not even at the corners.
This board is rated easy, but it introduces a lovely idea that shows up again and again in cat games and brain games of this kind: a small region that fits entirely inside one row gets to claim that row. Below you will find the layout, the forced opening, the key deduction, and a few habits worth keeping for the rest of the Meowdoku campaign.
Meowdoku Level 16 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: 12 (8 cats and 4 crosses)
- Smallest color: rose with 1 tile
The Meowdoku Level 16 board at a glance
The grid is eight tiles wide and eight tiles tall, painted in rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, and lilac. The rose region is a single tile tucked into the top left corner at row 1, column 1. Apricot is the next smallest color with just two tiles, sitting side by side in row 2 at columns 6 and 7.
At the other end of the scale, lilac sprawls across 17 tiles and periwinkle covers 13, mostly running down the left side and along the bottom. Big regions like these look scary in cat puzzle games, but they are usually the last colors you solve, because every earlier cat trims them down for you.
Opening move: the rose corner cat
Your first cat in Meowdoku Level 16 goes on row 1, column 1. The rose region has only that one tile, and since every color must hold a cat, there is simply nowhere else for the rose cat to live. Double-tap it and enjoy a free, risk-free start.
That corner cat is more useful than it looks. It clears the rest of row 1, the whole of column 1, and the tiles touching it, which removes a big slice of butter from the top row and a long strip of periwinkle from the left edge. In logic puzzle games like this, the first placement is often the one that sets every later color in motion.
The key moment: apricot owns row 2
The cleverest step on this board involves the tiny apricot region. Both of its open tiles sit in row 2, so wherever the apricot cat ends up, it will be the cat for row 2. That means no other color is allowed a cat anywhere in that row, and you can cross out the butter tiles at row 2, columns 3, 4, and 5, plus the matcha tile at row 2, column 8.
Those crosses are what make butter collapse. With the rose cat already clearing row 1 and apricot claiming row 2, the butter region is left with a single open tile at row 3, column 3, so the second cat goes there. From that point on the level becomes a friendly chain where each new cat leaves exactly one open tile in the next color: periwinkle, then matcha, soda, apricot, mint, and finally lilac.
This row-locking idea is technique T3 in Meowdoku terms, a color locked to one line. It is the hardest trick you need here, and spotting it early turns a crowded 8x8 board into one of the smoothest cat games in this stretch of levels.
Tips from Level 16 for later boards
The habits you practice in Meowdoku Level 16 will keep paying off as the free online games in this series grow larger and trickier.
- Look for any small color whose tiles all share one row or one column, then cross out the other colors in that line.
- After each cat, rescan the smallest regions first, because they are the ones most likely to drop to a single open tile.
- Leave huge regions such as lilac for last; the rest of the board usually settles them for you.
- Use single taps to mark crosses as you go, so you never lose track of which tiles are already ruled out.
- If you get stuck, a hint shows the next forced cat, which is far better than guessing and losing a fish to a wrong cat.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 16 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 1 (rose)
The rose region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 1, column 1. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 2: row 3, column 3 (butter)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open apricot tile sits in row 2, so that row's cat must be apricot. Cross out the butter tile at row 2, column 3.
- Every open apricot tile sits in row 2, so that row's cat must be apricot. Cross out the butter tile at row 2, column 4.
- Every open apricot tile sits in row 2, so that row's cat must be apricot. Cross out the butter tile at row 2, column 5.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the first cat crossed out, the butter region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 3, column 3. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 3: row 7, column 2 (periwinkle)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 2 cats placed so far crossed out, the periwinkle region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 7, column 2. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 4: row 4, column 8 (matcha)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open apricot tile sits in row 2, so that row's cat must be apricot. Cross out the matcha tile at row 2, column 8.
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 8. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 5: row 6, column 7 (soda)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 4 cats placed so far crossed out, the soda region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 6, column 7. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 6: row 2, column 6 (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 6. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 7: row 5, column 5 (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 5. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 8: row 8, column 4 (lilac)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 7 cats placed so far crossed out, the lilac region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 8, column 4. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 16 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 16 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 16?
In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 1 (rose); row 3, column 3 (butter); row 7, column 2 (periwinkle); row 4, column 8 (matcha); row 6, column 7 (soda); row 2, column 6 (apricot); row 5, column 5 (mint); and row 8, column 4 (lilac).
Where does the first cat go in Meowdoku Level 16?
Start at row 1, column 1. The rose region is only that one tile, so the rose cat has no other possible home in this cat puzzle game.
What is the hardest step in Meowdoku Level 16?
The trickiest idea is noticing that both apricot tiles are in row 2. That row must hold the apricot cat, so you cross out the butter tiles at row 2, columns 3, 4, and 5 and the matcha tile at row 2, column 8. This is technique T3, a color locked to one line.
Is Meowdoku Level 16 good for beginners?
Yes. Level 16 is rated easy. Most of its cats come from finding the last open tile in a color, and only one line-locking idea is needed, which makes it a gentle step up among brain games and animal games.
Can I play Meowdoku for free?
Yes. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that runs in your web browser on a phone, tablet, or computer, with nothing to install.
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