Level 20 walkthrough

Meowdoku Level 20 Walkthrough: Taming the Giant Soda Board

Meowdoku Level 20 is a hard 9x9 board where butter and matcha share rows 3 and 4, and a long run of crosses on the right side finally pins the mint cat.

Meowdoku Level 20 is a milestone board: a 9x9 grid with nine colors, rated hard, and packed with crosses before its third cat. One enormous soda region snakes across the whole left side, while small colors crowd the edges. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that plays in your browser, and even a tough level like this can be solved without a single guess.

The first two cats are easy, but the third one takes a long, careful sequence of reasoning. Once it lands, the remaining six cats follow one color at a time. This guide breaks down the layout, the gentle opening, the big deduction around rows 3 and 4, and the lessons that make later logic puzzle games and brain games feel less intimidating.

Meowdoku Level 20 starting board in the cat puzzle game — Meowdoku Level 20 as it looks when you start playing.

Meowdoku Level 20 at a glance

Board: 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions and 9 cats to place
Difficulty: Hard
Hardest technique needed: Matched colors and lines
Logical steps: 28 (9 cats and 19 crosses)
Smallest color: rose with 1 tile

The empty Level 20 board. Rows are numbered down the left side and columns across the top.

The Meowdoku Level 20 board

The nine colors are rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, lilac, and bubblegum. Rose is a single tile at row 1, column 2, and matcha is only two tiles, stacked in column 1 at rows 3 and 4. Apricot has five tiles, butter has six, and periwinkle has seven.

Soda is the giant of this cat puzzle game with 28 tiles, running from the top left corner down the left side to the bottom row. Mint covers eleven tiles in the upper right, bubblegum twelve tiles in the lower right, and lilac nine tiles near the bottom middle. With so much soda, the small colors around it are where the real clues live.

The opening: rose, then apricot

Start Meowdoku Level 20 by placing the rose cat on row 1, column 2, since the rose region has only that one tile. It clears row 1 and column 2 along with the neighboring tiles.

That first cat leaves apricot with a single open tile at row 2, column 4, so your second cat goes there. Two cats in and it feels like one of the gentler cat games, but the third cat is where the real challenge of this level begins.

The key moment: butter and matcha reserve rows 3 and 4

This is the heart of Meowdoku Level 20. Begin with matcha. Both matcha tiles are in column 1, so that column belongs to matcha, and you cross out the soda tiles in column 1 from row 5 down to row 9. Then notice that the tile at row 4, column 6 touches every open butter tile, so it is crossed out as well.

Now comes the hardest idea, technique T5, matched colors and lines. Butter and matcha can only place their cats in rows 3 and 4. Two colors confined to two rows means both rows are spoken for, so every other color in rows 3 and 4 must be crossed out. That removes the mint tiles at row 3, columns 7, 8, and 9, the soda tile at row 4, column 3, and the mint tiles at row 4, columns 7 and 8.

Mint is now boxed in from above, and a few more crosses close it off. The tile at row 5, column 7 touches every open mint tile, and mint becomes locked to column 8, which clears the periwinkle tiles at rows 6 and 7 of column 8 and the bubblegum tiles at rows 8 and 9 of column 8. The tiles at row 4, column 9 and row 5, column 9 also touch every open mint tile. After all of that, mint has one open tile at row 5, column 8, and the third cat is placed. From there, soda, periwinkle, lilac, butter, matcha, and bubblegum each drop to a last open tile in turn.

Strategy tips for hard Meowdoku levels

Hard boards in Meowdoku reward patience more than speed. Level 20 shows that you sometimes need a dozen or more crosses before a single cat is forced, and that is normal in the tougher stretch of these free online games.

A few habits make those long stretches manageable.

Look for pairs of small colors that share the same two rows or columns, then clear every other color from those lines.
Mark each cross with a single tap right away so the board always shows what you have proven.
When a color starts to shrink, test which tiles touch all of its remaining options.
Do not fear the largest region; on this board soda drops to a single open tile right after the mint cat lands.
If you lose the thread, a hint reveals the next forced cat so you can keep going.

Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 20 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.

After cat 1. The green ring marks the new cat; outlined tiles show why it was forced.

Cat 2: row 2, column 4 (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 4. Technique: Last open tile in a color.

After cat 2. The green ring marks the new cat; outlined tiles show why it was forced.

Cat 3: row 5, column 8 (mint)

First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:

Every open matcha tile sits in column 1, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the soda tile at row 5, column 1.
Every open matcha tile sits in column 1, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the soda tile at row 6, column 1.
Every open matcha tile sits in column 1, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the soda tile at row 7, column 1.
Every open matcha tile sits in column 1, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the soda tile at row 8, column 1.
Every open matcha tile sits in column 1, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the soda tile at row 9, column 1.
The tile at row 4, column 6 touches every open tile left in the butter region. Wherever the butter cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
The butter and matcha regions can only place their cats in rows 3 and 4. Those 2 rows are reserved for those 2 colors, so cross out the mint tile at row 3, column 7.
The butter and matcha regions can only place their cats in rows 3 and 4. Those 2 rows are reserved for those 2 colors, so cross out the mint tile at row 3, column 8.
The butter and matcha regions can only place their cats in rows 3 and 4. Those 2 rows are reserved for those 2 colors, so cross out the mint tile at row 3, column 9.
The tile at row 5, column 7 touches every open tile left in the mint region. Wherever the mint cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
The butter and matcha regions can only place their cats in rows 3 and 4. Those 2 rows are reserved for those 2 colors, so cross out the soda tile at row 4, column 3.
The butter and matcha regions can only place their cats in rows 3 and 4. Those 2 rows are reserved for those 2 colors, so cross out the mint tile at row 4, column 7.
Every open mint tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be mint. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 6, column 8.
Every open mint tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be mint. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 7, column 8.
Every open mint tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be mint. Cross out the bubblegum tile at row 8, column 8.
Every open mint tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be mint. Cross out the bubblegum tile at row 9, column 8.
The tile at row 4, column 9 touches every open tile left in the mint region. Wherever the mint cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
The tile at row 5, column 9 touches every open tile left in the mint region. Wherever the mint cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
The butter and matcha regions can only place their cats in rows 3 and 4. Those 2 rows are reserved for those 2 colors, so cross out the mint tile at row 4, column 8.

With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 2 cats placed so far crossed out, the mint region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 5, column 8. Technique: Last open tile in a color.

After cat 3. The green ring marks the new cat; outlined tiles show why it was forced.

Cat 4: row 6, column 3 (soda)

With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 3 cats placed so far crossed out, the soda region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 6, column 3. Technique: Last open tile in a color.

After cat 4. The green ring marks the new cat; outlined tiles show why it was forced.

Cat 5: row 7, column 9 (periwinkle)

With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 4 cats placed so far crossed out, the periwinkle region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 7, column 9. Technique: Last open tile in a color.

After cat 5. The green ring marks the new cat; outlined tiles show why it was forced.

Cat 6: row 8, column 5 (lilac)

With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 5 cats placed so far crossed out, the lilac region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 8, column 5. Technique: Last open tile in a color.

After cat 6. The green ring marks the new cat; outlined tiles show why it was forced.

Cat 7: row 3, column 6 (butter)

With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 6 cats placed so far crossed out, the butter region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 3, column 6. Technique: Last open tile in a color.

After cat 7. The green ring marks the new cat; outlined tiles show why it was forced.

Cat 8: row 4, column 1 (matcha)

With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 7 cats placed so far crossed out, the matcha region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 4, column 1. Technique: Last open tile in a color.

After cat 8. The green ring marks the new cat; outlined tiles show why it was forced.

Cat 9: row 9, column 7 (bubblegum)

With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 8 cats placed so far crossed out, the bubblegum region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 9, column 7. Technique: Last open tile in a color.

After cat 9. The green ring marks the new cat; outlined tiles show why it was forced.

Meowdoku Level 20 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 20 solution.

Meowdoku Level 20 FAQ

What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 20?

In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 2 (rose); row 2, column 4 (apricot); row 5, column 8 (mint); row 6, column 3 (soda); row 7, column 9 (periwinkle); row 8, column 5 (lilac); row 3, column 6 (butter); row 4, column 1 (matcha); and row 9, column 7 (bubblegum).

Where do I place the first cat in Meowdoku Level 20?

Put the first cat on row 1, column 2. The rose region is only that tile, so the rose cat has to go there.

How do I find the mint cat in Meowdoku Level 20?

Butter and matcha can only use rows 3 and 4, so cross out the mint tiles in those rows. Then cross out row 5, column 7, row 4, column 9, and row 5, column 9 because each touches every open mint tile. Mint is also locked to column 8. That leaves mint with one open tile at row 5, column 8.

Why is Meowdoku Level 20 so hard?

It is rated hard because the third cat needs 19 crosses first, including six uses of technique T5, where butter and matcha reserve rows 3 and 4. It is one of the most demanding brain games in this part of the Meowdoku campaign.

Is Meowdoku free to play in a browser?

Yes. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that works in any modern web browser, so you can play animal games and logic puzzles on your phone or computer.

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