Level 49 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 49 Walkthrough: Matcha Locks Column 3
Meowdoku Level 49 is an easy 8x8 board where matcha claims column 3 and a pair of neighbor crosses leave row 4 with a single open tile.
Meowdoku Level 49 is an easy 8x8 board with eight colors, and it is the last stop before the fiftieth level. It plays like a small victory lap: a forced corner opening, one neat column lock in the middle, and then a clean run of cats down to the bottom left. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that plays in your browser, so this one fits comfortably into a short break.
The single interesting move is the fourth cat, which comes from counting open tiles in a row rather than inside a color. That is a habit worth building, because the harder boards ahead lean on it constantly. This walkthrough covers the layout, the opening, the column 3 lock, and the ideas to keep.
Meowdoku Level 49 at a glance
- Board: 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions and 8 cats to place
- Difficulty: Easy
- Hardest technique needed: Tile touching a whole color
- Logical steps: 13 (8 cats and 5 crosses)
- Smallest color: rose with 1 tile
The Meowdoku Level 49 board layout
Level 49 uses rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, and lilac. The tiniest of them is rose, which owns only the top left corner tile at row 1, column 1. Butter is next with four tiles in the top right, and mint has six tiles clustered in the middle.
Lilac is the largest region at 13 tiles, filling the bottom left corner, with periwinkle close behind at 11 tiles across the bottom right. Matcha and soda each hold 10 tiles, matcha threading through the left and middle of the upper rows and soda taking the right side. Apricot has nine tiles stretching along row 1 and dipping into row 2.
There is no monster region on this board, which is part of why it feels so approachable. Every color gets a fair share of the grid, and in this cat puzzle game that usually means each one collapses to a single tile in turn rather than holding out to the end.
The opening move and the three cats it triggers
The first cat of Meowdoku Level 49 goes on row 1, column 1. Rose is a single-tile region in that corner, so its cat cannot be anywhere else, and that is technique T1, the last open tile in a color. Settle it and row 1 plus column 1 clear out.
Because apricot fills most of row 1, that one placement wipes out nearly the whole apricot region and leaves it with a single open tile at row 2, column 5. Place the apricot cat there and butter immediately narrows to row 3, column 7 for the third cat.
Three cats in three taps is a generous start on an 8x8 grid, and it is the standard opening shape for easy boards in these animal games. The reasoning only begins once that free run stops.
The key moment: matcha claims column 3
The fourth cat is the hardest step in Meowdoku Level 49, and it combines two ideas. First, notice that every open matcha tile now sits in column 3. Matcha must place a cat somewhere, so column 3 belongs to matcha, which is technique T3, a color locked to one line. That crosses out the lilac tiles at row 6, column 3, row 7, column 3, and row 8, column 3.
Second, look at the tiles on either side of the matcha options in row 4. The tile at row 4, column 2 touches every open matcha tile, and so does the tile at row 4, column 4. Wherever the matcha cat lands in column 3, it would be touching both of them, so both are crossed out by technique T4, a tile touching every open tile of a color.
Now count row 4. After those crosses it has exactly one open tile left, the matcha tile at row 4, column 3, so the fourth cat goes there by technique T2, the last open tile in a row or column. Notice that the cat was found by counting a row rather than a color, which is a different lens on the same board. From there mint settles at row 5, column 6, soda at row 6, column 8, periwinkle at row 7, column 4, and lilac closes the level at row 8, column 2.
Tips: count colors and count lines
The habit Meowdoku Level 49 builds is checking rows and columns for a single open tile, not just regions. Most cats in the easy band come from a color running out of options, but here the decisive cat came from row 4 running out of options, and those two views of the board find different things.
Keep these points in mind as the campaign heads past level fifty.
- After each round of crosses, count open tiles in every row and every column as well as in every color.
- A color squeezed into one column hands you crosses everywhere else in that column, even far from the color itself.
- The tiles directly beside a narrow color strip usually touch all of its options and can be crossed out.
- Play the free run of forced cats first, then start reasoning only when it stops.
- The largest region, lilac on this board, is normally the last cat, so leave it alone until the end.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 49 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 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 7 (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 7. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 4: row 4, column 3 (matcha)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open matcha tile sits in column 3, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the lilac tile at row 6, column 3.
- Every open matcha tile sits in column 3, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the lilac tile at row 7, column 3.
- Every open matcha tile sits in column 3, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the lilac tile at row 8, column 3.
- The tile at row 4, column 2 touches every open tile left in the matcha region. Wherever the matcha cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
- The tile at row 4, column 4 touches every open tile left in the matcha region. Wherever the matcha 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, row 4 has only one open tile left, the matcha tile at row 4, column 3, so its cat goes there. Technique: Last open tile in a row or column.
Cat 5: row 5, column 6 (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 6. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 6: row 6, column 8 (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 8. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 7: row 7, column 4 (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 4. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 8: row 8, column 2 (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 2. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 49 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 49 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 49?
In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 1 (rose); row 2, column 5 (apricot); row 3, column 7 (butter); row 4, column 3 (matcha); row 5, column 6 (mint); row 6, column 8 (soda); row 7, column 4 (periwinkle); and row 8, column 2 (lilac).
What is the first move in Meowdoku Level 49?
Place the first cat on row 1, column 1, the only tile in the rose region. Because apricot covers most of row 1, that single move also clears out nearly all of the apricot region.
How do I find the matcha cat in Meowdoku Level 49?
Every open matcha tile sits in column 3, so cross out the lilac tiles at row 6, column 3, row 7, column 3, and row 8, column 3. Then cross out row 4, column 2 and row 4, column 4, because each touches every open matcha tile. Row 4 is left with one open tile, the matcha tile at row 4, column 3.
Is Meowdoku Level 49 a quick board to finish?
Yes. It is rated easy, it is an 8x8 grid with eight cats, and seven of them come from a color reaching its last open tile. Only the matcha cat needs the column lock and the two neighbor crosses.
What makes Meowdoku a good cat puzzle game to play in a browser?
Meowdoku is free, it needs nothing installed, and the controls are just a single tap for a cross and a double tap for a cat. That keeps it one of the most inviting free online games for anyone who likes cat games with a bit of logic behind them.
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