Level 5 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 5 Walkthrough: Matcha Claims Column 1, Row 3 Finishes the Job
Meowdoku Level 5 mixes three ideas on a 6×6 board: a one-tile color, a color locked to a column, and a row with one open tile. This guide shows how they fit together.
Meowdoku Level 5 returns to a 6×6 grid, but do not let the smaller size fool you. This board in the free Meowdoku cat puzzle game asks you to combine several ways of thinking, and the cats do not land in a neat top-to-bottom order like earlier levels.
You will use a one-tile color to start, a color locked to a single column to clear space, and a row that runs down to its last open tile. Players who like cat games and animal games with a bit more bite will enjoy it. Everything plays free in your browser, and this guide explains each idea without making you guess.
Meowdoku Level 5 at a glance
- Board: 6×6 grid with 6 colored regions and 6 cats to place
- Difficulty: Easy
- Hardest technique needed: Color locked to one line
- Logical steps: 8 (6 cats and 2 crosses)
- Smallest color: apricot with 1 tile
The regions of Meowdoku Level 5
Six colors fill this board: rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, and soda. The smallest is apricot, a single tile sitting inside the butter region at row 2, column 4. Matcha is a three-tile strip in column 1, filling rows 4 to 6.
Mint has four tiles in rows 4 and 5, rose has five tiles hugging the top left corner, soda has nine tiles across the bottom, and butter is by far the biggest with fourteen tiles. In logic puzzle games like this, a huge region such as butter is rarely where you begin, but it can suddenly be forced by a row or column.
First move: the apricot tile hidden in butter
The opening cat on Meowdoku Level 5 goes on row 2, column 4. That single apricot tile is surrounded by butter, and because apricot has no other tiles, its cat must sit right there.
This cat claims row 2 and column 4 and crosses its eight neighbors. For the rose region, that matters a lot: row 2, column 1 is now in a used row, and row 1, column 3 touches the apricot cat diagonally. Keeping an eye on those small losses is what brain games like Meowdoku are all about.
The key moment: a matcha lock, then a lone row 3 tile
Here is the clever part. Every matcha tile sits in column 1, so the column 1 cat has to be matcha. That means no other color can use column 1, and you can cross out the rose tiles at row 1, column 1 and row 3, column 1. With those gone, rose has only row 1, column 2 left, so the rose cat goes there.
Next, look along row 3 instead of at a color. Its first tile was just crossed by the matcha lock, column 2 now belongs to rose, and the tiles in columns 3, 4, and 5 are either in column 4 or touching the apricot cat. Only row 3, column 6 is open, so that row cat is butter, placed at row 3, column 6. It is a nice reminder that in a cat puzzle game, rows and columns can run out of space just like colors do.
After that, the colors each shrink to one tile. Mint settles on row 5, column 5, soda on row 6, column 3, and matcha finally takes row 4, column 1, the column it had claimed all along.
Tips from Level 5 for trickier Meowdoku boards
Meowdoku Level 5 is a small board that teaches big habits. These tips will help you in harder free online games puzzles too.
- A color stuck in one column or row can clear tiles for a completely different color.
- Scan rows and columns for a last open tile, not just colors.
- Do not expect cats to arrive in row order; follow whatever is forced next.
- A locked color may be placed last, even though its lock mattered early.
- Tap single crosses as you go so the lone open tile in a row is easy to see.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 5 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 2, column 4 (apricot)
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 2: row 1, column 2 (rose)
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 rose tile at row 1, column 1.
- Every open matcha tile sits in column 1, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the rose tile at row 3, column 1.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the first cat crossed out, 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 3: row 3, column 6 (butter)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 2 cats placed so far crossed out, row 3 has only one open tile left, the butter tile at row 3, column 6, so its cat goes there. Technique: Last open tile in a row or column.
Cat 4: row 5, column 5 (mint)
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 5. 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 4, column 1 (matcha)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 5 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.
Meowdoku Level 5 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 5 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 5?
In solve order, the cats go on row 2, column 4 (apricot); row 1, column 2 (rose); row 3, column 6 (butter); row 5, column 5 (mint); row 6, column 3 (soda); and row 4, column 1 (matcha).
How do I start Meowdoku Level 5?
Start with the apricot cat on row 2, column 4. Apricot is only one tile, so that is the forced first move.
How do I find the rose cat in Meowdoku Level 5?
All matcha tiles are in column 1, so column 1 must hold the matcha cat. Cross out the rose tiles at row 1, column 1 and row 3, column 1, and rose is left with row 1, column 2.
Where can I play Meowdoku?
Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that plays in your browser. It is one of those browser games you can open on a phone, tablet, or computer in seconds.
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