Meowdoku Level 59 Guide: Row 4 Belongs to Matcha

A Meowdoku Level 59 board without small regions

The eight colors are rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, and lilac. Rose is the smallest region by far, a single tile at row 1, column 1. After that the sizes jump sharply: apricot and matcha each have six tiles, periwinkle has seven, and butter and mint each have eight.

Lilac is the largest region with fifteen tiles sweeping across the bottom two rows and a little above, and soda follows with thirteen tiles running diagonally from row 2 down to the left edge at row 7. Apricot sits in the top left just under rose, matcha below it on the left, butter across the top right, mint down the right side, and periwinkle in the bottom right corner.

The shape of this cat puzzle game means you cannot rely on freebies. In Meowdoku Level 59 only one cat is handed to you, and the rest of the board has to be opened with crosses, which is a good reason to play it slowly even though it is rated easy.

The opening move in the corner

Start Meowdoku Level 59 on row 1, column 1. Rose is a single-tile region, so technique T1 forces the cat there before you have done anything else, and there is no alternative to weigh up.

A corner opening is efficient. It clears all of row 1 and all of column 1 while only touching three neighbouring tiles, so it takes a big bite out of the apricot region in the top left immediately. After settling it, resist the urge to hunt for another free cat, because there is not one. The second cat in these animal games has to be earned.

The key moment: matcha reserves row 4

The interesting work in Meowdoku Level 59 happens before the second cat, and it starts with technique T4. The tile at row 3, column 3 touches every open tile left in the apricot region, so wherever the apricot cat goes it would sit next to that tile, which means no cat can use it. Cross it out.

Now the main event, technique T3, a color locked to one line. With row 1, column 1, and the tile at row 3, column 3 all ruled out, every open matcha tile sits in row 4, so row 4 must hold the matcha cat and no other color may use that row. Cross out the soda tiles at row 4, column 4 and row 4, column 5, the mint tiles at row 4, column 6 and row 4, column 7, and the periwinkle tile at row 4, column 8. That is five crosses from one observation, which is the best value on the whole board.

One more technique T4 cross finishes the setup: the tile at row 3, column 2 touches every open matcha tile, so it comes off the board as well. Apricot is now reduced to one open tile, and the second cat goes on row 2, column 3. After that Meowdoku Level 59 unwinds in a single sweep, with butter at row 3, column 6, matcha at row 4, column 2, mint at row 5, column 7, soda at row 6, column 4, periwinkle at row 7, column 8, and lilac at row 8, column 5.

Playing boards that do not hand you cats

Most easy levels in Meowdoku give you three or four one-tile and two-tile regions. Level 59 gives you exactly one, and learning to cope with that is genuinely useful practice for the harder boards ahead.

When a board runs out of freebies, work through this checklist in order.

• Place the one guaranteed cat first, which here is rose in the corner at row 1, column 1.
• Look for a color whose open tiles have all collapsed into one row or column, as matcha does in row 4.
• Sweep that whole line and cross out every tile belonging to any other color, which was worth five crosses on this board.
• Check for tiles that touch every remaining option of a color, like row 3, column 3 for apricot and row 3, column 2 for matcha.
• Once a single cat becomes forced, keep going in region order, because the chain rarely stops after one.

What makes Meowdoku worth returning to

Meowdoku sits alongside sudoku-style puzzles in its logic but nowhere near them in mood. Boards are soft and colorful, the cats are the reward for good reasoning, and every level has one solution that can be proven step by step instead of guessed.

The controls are as simple as they get. Single-tap a tile to mark a cross, double-tap it to settle a cat, and take a hint if you want the next forced cat pointed out. Meowdoku is free and plays in the browser, so a board like Level 59 is always a click away when you want a few minutes of quiet cat games.

What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 59?

In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 1 (rose); row 2, column 3 (apricot); row 3, column 6 (butter); row 4, column 2 (matcha); row 5, column 7 (mint); row 6, column 4 (soda); row 7, column 8 (periwinkle); and row 8, column 5 (lilac).

Where do I place the first cat in Meowdoku Level 59?

Place the first cat on row 1, column 1. Rose is a single-tile region in Meowdoku Level 59, so the corner is the only legal home for the rose cat, and it is the only free cat the board gives you.

How do I find the apricot cat in Meowdoku Level 59?

Cross out row 3, column 3 because it touches every open apricot tile. Then note that every open matcha tile sits in row 4, so row 4 is reserved for matcha and you can cross out the soda tiles at row 4, column 4 and row 4, column 5, the mint tiles at row 4, column 6 and row 4, column 7, and the periwinkle tile at row 4, column 8. Finally cross out row 3, column 2 because it touches every open matcha tile. Apricot is left with one open tile at row 2, column 3.

Why does Meowdoku Level 59 feel different from other easy levels?

Because it has only one small region. Meowdoku Level 59 gives you a single one-tile rose region and then nothing smaller than six tiles, so seven crosses are needed before the second cat appears. It still finishes in fifteen steps, which keeps it in the easy band of these logic puzzle games.

Is Meowdoku free to play in a browser?

Yes. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that runs in any modern web browser, so these cat games and brain games are available on your phone or computer with nothing to download.