Level 43 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 43 Walkthrough: Matcha Takes Row 4
Meowdoku Level 43 is an easy 9x9 board where a single row-locking deduction on matcha is the only tricky step, and everything else is a last open tile.
Meowdoku Level 43 is a full 9x9 grid with nine colors, but do not let the size worry you. It is rated easy, and there is only one moment on the whole board where you have to think beyond the simplest rule. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game in your browser, and Level 43 is the sort of board that makes a big grid feel completely manageable.
The shape of this level is a long, satisfying chain. Eight of the nine cats arrive because their color has been squeezed down to a single open tile, and the ninth only needs one extra observation about row 4. This walkthrough covers the layout, the opening, that one real deduction, and what it teaches you about larger boards.
Meowdoku Level 43 at a glance
- Board: 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions and 9 cats to place
- Difficulty: Easy
- Hardest technique needed: Color locked to one line
- Logical steps: 13 (9 cats and 4 crosses)
- Smallest color: rose with 1 tile
The Meowdoku Level 43 board layout
The nine colors on Level 43 are rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, lilac, and bubblegum. Rose is the smallest region on the board with one tile at row 1, column 2, and butter is next with four tiles hugging the left edge of the top three rows. Apricot has five tiles stretched across the top right.
The lower half is carved into large blocks. Matcha is the biggest region at 14 tiles running through the middle of the grid, while soda, lilac, and bubblegum all have 13 tiles apiece, filling the left, bottom left, and bottom right. Periwinkle has 10 tiles in the middle right, and mint has 8 tiles hugging the right edge.
That balance of sizes is what keeps Level 43 friendly. Instead of one monster region swallowing the board, five roughly equal regions each get their own quiet corner, and every one of them ends up with exactly one legal tile as the chain rolls on. It is one of the most readable boards among these animal games.
The opening move and the cats that follow it
Begin Meowdoku Level 43 on row 1, column 2, where rose has its only tile. A one-tile region leaves no choice at all, which is technique T1, the last open tile in a color. Double-tap to settle the rose cat and the top left of the board opens up.
Apricot immediately drops to a single open tile at row 2, column 6, so that is the second cat. Butter then narrows to row 3, column 1 for the third. Each placement wipes out a row, a column, and the ring of touching tiles, and on a 9x9 board that is a surprising amount of territory.
Three cats in and you are already a third of the way through the level without a single clever move. This is the rhythm of the easy band in Meowdoku: small regions first, big regions last, and the reasoning saved for one pinch point in the middle.
The key moment: every matcha tile sits in row 4
After three cats the chain pauses, and this is the one place in Meowdoku Level 43 where you need an actual idea. Look at matcha. Despite being the largest region on the board, every one of its open tiles now sits in row 4. Matcha must place a cat somewhere, so row 4 is guaranteed to hold the matcha cat, which is technique T3, a color locked to one line.
That single observation produces four crosses in one pass. The soda tiles at row 4, column 3 and row 4, column 4 are out, and so are the mint tiles at row 4, column 8 and row 4, column 9. None of them can hold a cat, because row 4 is spoken for.
Losing those two tiles is fatal for mint. It leaves mint with exactly one open tile at row 5, column 9, so the fourth cat goes there. From that point the board unwinds on its own: soda settles at row 6, column 3, periwinkle at row 7, column 7, matcha finally takes row 4, column 5, lilac lands at row 8, column 4, and bubblegum finishes at row 9, column 8. Every one of those is just a last open tile in its color.
Tips for reading a 9x9 Meowdoku board
The useful lesson from Level 43 is that region size tells you nothing about difficulty. Matcha is the largest color here and it is also the one that gives you the key deduction, because a wide region can still be flattened into a single row once enough crosses land around it.
Keep these ideas in mind the next time a 9x9 grid looks intimidating.
- Scan every color after each cat, big regions included, and ask whether it now fits inside one row or one column.
- A color locked to a line lets you cross out other colors far away from where that color started.
- Follow the chain of last open tiles as far as it goes before you look for anything clever.
- Corner and edge regions like mint and bubblegum are usually the first to collapse to one tile.
- Nothing in these logic puzzle games ever needs a guess; if you cannot see the next cat, look for one more cross instead.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 43 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 2, column 6 (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 6. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 3: row 3, column 1 (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 1. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 4: row 5, column 9 (mint)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open matcha tile sits in row 4, so that row's cat must be matcha. Cross out the soda tile at row 4, column 3.
- Every open matcha tile sits in row 4, so that row's cat must be matcha. Cross out the soda tile at row 4, column 4.
- Every open matcha tile sits in row 4, so that row's cat must be matcha. Cross out the mint tile at row 4, column 8.
- Every open matcha tile sits in row 4, so that row's cat must be matcha. Cross out the mint tile at row 4, column 9.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 3 cats placed so far crossed out, the mint region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 5, column 9. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 5: row 6, column 3 (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 3. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 6: row 7, column 7 (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 7. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 7: row 4, column 5 (matcha)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 6 cats placed so far crossed out, the matcha region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 4, 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.
Cat 9: row 9, column 8 (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 8. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 43 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 43 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 43?
In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 2 (rose); row 2, column 6 (apricot); row 3, column 1 (butter); row 5, column 9 (mint); row 6, column 3 (soda); row 7, column 7 (periwinkle); row 4, column 5 (matcha); row 8, column 4 (lilac); and row 9, column 8 (bubblegum).
What is the first move in Meowdoku Level 43?
Place the first cat on row 1, column 2, the single tile that makes up the rose region. Because rose has nowhere else to go, that cat is completely forced.
How do I find the mint cat in Meowdoku Level 43?
Every open matcha tile sits in row 4, so row 4 must hold the matcha cat. Cross out the soda tiles at row 4, column 3 and row 4, column 4, and the mint tiles at row 4, column 8 and row 4, column 9. Mint is then left with one open tile at row 5, column 9.
Is Meowdoku Level 43 easy for a 9x9 board?
Yes. It is rated easy because eight of the nine cats come from a color being reduced to its last open tile, and the only extra reasoning is the row 4 lock on matcha. It is a great board for anyone new to these brain games.
Where can I play Meowdoku Level 43?
Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that runs in your web browser, so Level 43 is playable on a phone or computer without any download. It is one of the friendliest free online games to pick up for a few minutes.
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