Level 28 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 28 Explained: Row Locks That Free the Matcha Cat
Meowdoku Level 28 is a hard 9x9 board where apricot and butter each claim a whole row, which leaves the two-tile matcha region with a single home. The rest follows once one apricot neighbor is crossed.
Meowdoku Level 28 is a hard 9x9 board with nine colored regions. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game you play in the browser, and the goal never changes: one cat in each row, column, and color, and no two cats touching, not even diagonally.
After a simple first cat, this level asks you to spot two rows that belong entirely to one color each. Those row locks do most of the heavy lifting, and they are a classic idea in logic puzzle games and brain games. This guide explains why they work and how they lead to the rest of the solve.
Meowdoku Level 28 at a glance
- Board: 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions and 9 cats to place
- Difficulty: Hard
- Hardest technique needed: Tile touching a whole color
- Logical steps: 23 (9 cats and 14 crosses)
- Smallest color: rose with 1 tile
The Meowdoku Level 28 grid and its regions
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 almost as small with just two tiles, at row 3, column 9 and row 4, column 9.
Butter and mint have six tiles each, soda has seven, and apricot has nine across the top two rows. The big colors are bubblegum with fourteen tiles, periwinkle with sixteen, and lilac with twenty tiles snaking down the right side. In cat games like this, a two-tile region such as matcha is always worth watching.
The first cat: why rose goes on row 1, column 2
Rose has only one tile, so the opening cat of Meowdoku Level 28 is forced onto row 1, column 2. Crossing its row, column, and neighbors trims the apricot region down to tiles in row 2.
That is the setup for the next idea. Once you see where apricot is trapped, the rest of the top of the board starts to fall into place.
The key moment: apricot owns row 2 and butter owns row 3
The biggest idea in Meowdoku Level 28 starts at the top. Every open apricot tile now sits in row 2, so row 2 must hold the apricot cat. That rules out the butter tiles at row 2, columns 6 and 7, and the lilac tiles at row 2, columns 8 and 9. With those gone, every open butter tile sits in row 3, so row 3 must hold the butter cat. That crosses the other colors in row 3, including the matcha tile at row 3, column 9.
Matcha had only two tiles to begin with, so losing row 3, column 9 leaves it with row 4, column 9, and the second cat goes there. Mint then has one open tile at row 5, column 1, which becomes the third cat.
The last tricky step comes next. Soda is now locked into row 6, which crosses the periwinkle tiles at row 6, columns 3 and 4 and the lilac tile at row 6, column 8. The tile at row 3, column 5 touches every open apricot tile, so any apricot cat would be its neighbor, and it is crossed. Butter is left with row 3, column 6, and after that apricot, periwinkle, lilac, bubblegum, and soda each fall to a single tile in turn.
Row lock tips for later Meowdoku levels
One row lock often creates another, as it did with apricot and butter here. When you find one, keep going and check the colors that just lost tiles.
Chains of row locks show up again and again in later Meowdoku levels and in other cat games built on colored regions, so practicing them here pays off.
- Watch regions with only two tiles, since a single cross can force their cat.
- When a color is trapped in one row, cross every other color in that row straight away.
- After a row lock, recheck the colors that shared that row, because they may now be locked too.
- Look for a tile that borders all remaining tiles of a region before placing the next cat.
A free cat puzzle game you can play anywhere
Meowdoku combines the gentle mood of animal games with clever, fair logic. Every board can be solved step by step, and a wrong cat only costs a fish, so you can learn as you go.
The game is free and plays in your browser on any device, with nothing to install. It fits right in with your favorite free online games and browser games when you want a short, rewarding challenge.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 28 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 4, column 9 (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 butter tile at row 2, column 6.
- 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 7.
- Every open apricot tile sits in row 2, so that row's cat must be apricot. Cross out the lilac tile at row 2, column 8.
- Every open apricot tile sits in row 2, so that row's cat must be apricot. Cross out the lilac tile at row 2, column 9.
- Every open butter tile sits in row 3, so that row's cat must be butter. Cross out the mint tile at row 3, column 1.
- Every open butter tile sits in row 3, so that row's cat must be butter. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 3, column 3.
- Every open butter tile sits in row 3, so that row's cat must be butter. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 3, column 4.
- Every open butter tile sits in row 3, so that row's cat must be butter. Cross out the lilac tile at row 3, column 7.
- Every open butter tile sits in row 3, so that row's cat must be butter. Cross out the lilac tile at row 3, column 8.
- Every open butter tile sits in row 3, so that row's cat must be butter. Cross out the matcha tile at row 3, column 9.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the first cat crossed out, the matcha region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 4, column 9. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 3: row 5, column 1 (mint)
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 1. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 4: row 3, column 6 (butter)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open soda tile sits in row 6, so that row's cat must be soda. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 6, column 3.
- Every open soda tile sits in row 6, so that row's cat must be soda. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 6, column 4.
- Every open soda tile sits in row 6, so that row's cat must be soda. Cross out the lilac tile at row 6, column 8.
- The tile at row 3, column 5 touches every open tile left in the apricot region. Wherever the apricot 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 6. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 5: row 2, column 4 (apricot)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 4 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.
Cat 6: row 7, column 3 (periwinkle)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 5 cats placed so far crossed out, the periwinkle region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 7, column 3. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 7: row 8, column 8 (lilac)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 6 cats placed so far crossed out, the lilac region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 8, column 8. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 8: row 9, column 5 (bubblegum)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 7 cats placed so far crossed out, the bubblegum region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 9, column 5. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 9: row 6, column 7 (soda)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 8 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.
Meowdoku Level 28 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 28 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 28?
In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 2 (rose); row 4, column 9 (matcha); row 5, column 1 (mint); row 3, column 6 (butter); row 2, column 4 (apricot); row 7, column 3 (periwinkle); row 8, column 8 (lilac); row 9, column 5 (bubblegum); and row 6, column 7 (soda).
Where should the first cat go in Meowdoku Level 28?
Put the first cat on row 1, column 2. The rose region is a single tile, so that is the only spot for its cat.
Why does the matcha cat go on row 4, column 9 in Meowdoku Level 28?
Apricot is locked into row 2, which then locks butter into row 3. Because row 3 belongs to butter, the matcha tile at row 3, column 9 is crossed, and matcha is left with only row 4, column 9.
Is Meowdoku Level 28 a hard level?
Yes, it is rated hard. It relies heavily on colors locked into single rows and includes one tile that touches every option of the apricot region, which makes it a good challenge in this cat puzzle game.
Can I play Meowdoku Level 28 in my browser?
Yes. Meowdoku is a free cat game that runs in any modern web browser, so you can open Level 28 on a phone, tablet, or computer.
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