Level 26 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 26 Help: Cruising Through the First 10x10 Grid
Meowdoku Level 26 is an easy 10x10 board where seven cats chain together from rose to periwinkle, and a quick look at columns 2 and 9 finishes the bottom row.
Meowdoku Level 26 is the biggest board so far, a 10x10 grid with ten colored regions, yet it is rated easy. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that plays in your browser, and the rules stay the same here: one cat per row, column, and color, with no two cats touching, not even at the corners.
Big grids can look scary in cat games and logic puzzle games, but Level 26 is gentle once you find the starting thread. Most cats come from a long chain where each one leaves the next color with a single open tile, and the finish only needs one short look at the columns.
Meowdoku Level 26 at a glance
- Board: 10×10 grid with 10 colored regions and 10 cats to place
- Difficulty: Easy
- Hardest technique needed: Color locked to one line
- Logical steps: 12 (10 cats and 2 crosses)
- Smallest color: rose with 1 tile
Getting to know the Meowdoku Level 26 board
The ten colors are rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, lilac, bubblegum, and latte. Rose is a single tile at row 1, column 3. Matcha is the next smallest with four tiles down column 1, and butter and lilac each have six.
Latte is the largest region with nineteen tiles, most of them in the bottom row and the lower right. Bubblegum covers seventeen tiles on the left side, and mint spreads across fifteen tiles in the upper middle. The lesson for brain games like this is simple: ignore the big colors at first and work from the smallest one.
The first cat: rose at row 1, column 3
Rose has only one tile, so the opening cat of Meowdoku Level 26 belongs on row 1, column 3. It is the only forced move at the start, and everything else grows from it.
Once its row, column, and neighbors are crossed, the apricot region has a single open tile left at row 2, column 5. That is the first link in a chain that runs through most of the board.
The key moment: a seven-cat chain and a bottom row finish
In Meowdoku Level 26, each new cat in the chain shrinks the next color down to one tile. Apricot at row 2, column 5 leaves butter with only row 3, column 10. Butter leaves matcha with only row 4, column 1. Matcha leaves mint with only row 5, column 7. Mint leaves soda with only row 6, column 4, and soda leaves periwinkle with only row 7, column 6.
After seven cats, the chain pauses, and this is the one spot that asks for a little more thought. Every open lilac tile sits in column 9, so column 9 belongs to lilac and the latte tile at row 10, column 9 is crossed. Every open bubblegum tile sits in column 2, so the latte tile at row 10, column 2 is crossed too.
Now row 10 has only one open tile left, the latte tile at row 10, column 8, so the latte cat goes there. That unlocks the last two colors: lilac lands on row 8, column 9, and bubblegum finishes the puzzle on row 9, column 2.
Tips for bigger boards in Meowdoku and other cat games
Level 26 shows that a large grid is not the same as a hard grid. A calm, methodical scan handles most of it, and that approach will serve you well as later Meowdoku levels add tougher ideas.
It also reminds you that rows and columns can finish a board when colors stall. Meowdoku is free and plays in your browser, so a big board like this is a relaxing way to practice both kinds of counting.
- On a big board, find the smallest color first and let the chain carry you.
- After every cat, check which color just dropped to a single open tile.
- When no color is down to one tile, check whether a color fits inside one column.
- Remember to count open tiles in rows too, since a row can force a cat just like a color.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 26 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 3 (rose)
The rose region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 1, column 3. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 2: row 2, column 5 (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 5. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 3: row 3, column 10 (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 10. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 4: row 4, column 1 (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 1. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 5: row 5, column 7 (mint)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 4 cats placed so far crossed out, the mint region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 5, column 7. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 6: row 6, column 4 (soda)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 5 cats placed so far crossed out, the soda region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 6, column 4. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 7: row 7, column 6 (periwinkle)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 6 cats placed so far crossed out, the periwinkle region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 7, column 6. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 8: row 10, column 8 (latte)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open lilac tile sits in column 9, so that column's cat must be lilac. Cross out the latte tile at row 10, column 9.
- Every open bubblegum tile sits in column 2, so that column's cat must be bubblegum. Cross out the latte tile at row 10, column 2.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 7 cats placed so far crossed out, row 10 has only one open tile left, the latte tile at row 10, column 8, so its cat goes there. Technique: Last open tile in a row or column.
Cat 9: row 8, column 9 (lilac)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 8 cats placed so far crossed out, the lilac region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 8, column 9. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 10: row 9, column 2 (bubblegum)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 9 cats placed so far crossed out, the bubblegum region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 9, column 2. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 26 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 26 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 26?
In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 3 (rose); row 2, column 5 (apricot); row 3, column 10 (butter); row 4, column 1 (matcha); row 5, column 7 (mint); row 6, column 4 (soda); row 7, column 6 (periwinkle); row 10, column 8 (latte); row 8, column 9 (lilac); and row 9, column 2 (bubblegum).
How do I start Meowdoku Level 26?
Place the first cat on row 1, column 3. The rose region is only that tile, so the cat must go there, and it starts a chain through apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, and periwinkle.
How do I place the latte cat in Meowdoku Level 26?
Lilac is locked into column 9 and bubblegum is locked into column 2, so the latte tiles at row 10, column 9 and row 10, column 2 are crossed. Row 10 then has only one open tile, row 10, column 8, where the latte cat goes.
Is Meowdoku Level 26 easy even though it is 10x10?
Yes, it is rated easy. Most cats come from last-tile-in-a-color moves, and only one short step needs you to look at columns and rows, so it is a relaxed board in this cat puzzle game.
Do I need to download anything to play Meowdoku?
No. Meowdoku is a free cat game that runs in your web browser, so you can play Level 26 and every other level without installing anything.
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