Meowdoku Level 69 Guide: Two Single Tiles and a Standoff in the Middle

The Meowdoku Level 69 board and its two tiny colors

This grid is coloured with rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, and lilac. Both rose and butter are single-tile regions, which makes them jointly the smallest colors on the board. Rose sits in the corner at row 1, column 1, and butter sits alone at row 3, column 5, surrounded entirely by matcha.

Apricot, soda, and periwinkle each hold five tiles. Apricot runs along the top, soda occupies the right-hand middle, and periwinkle takes a small cluster around rows 6, 7, and 8 on the right. The three big colors are matcha with seventeen tiles through the upper right and centre, and mint and lilac with fifteen each, mint in the left-hand middle and lilac across the bottom.

The important detail in this cat puzzle game is how crowded the middle right becomes. Matcha, soda, and periwinkle all have tiles within a few squares of each other around rows 4 to 7, and because cats cannot touch, those colors end up interfering with one another rather than politely taking separate lines.

The opening move: rose in the corner, then two more gifts

Your first cat goes on row 1, column 1, where the rose region has its only tile. That is technique T1, the last open tile in a color, and the move is forced before you look at anything else. Double-tap the corner and the rose cat settles safely.

Apricot spans row 1 and one tile at row 2, column 3. With row 1 and column 1 gone and the tiles next to the rose cat blocked, apricot has only row 2, column 3 left, so the second cat lands there. That in turn clears row 2 and column 3, and since butter is a single tile at row 3, column 5, the third cat is simply placed there too.

Three cats with no crosses at all is a generous opening even by the standards of these free online games. It also does most of the structural work: rows 1, 2, and 3 are gone, columns 1, 3, and 5 are gone, and the middle of the board is left to sort itself out.

The key moment: matcha and periwinkle corner each other

Start Meowdoku Level 69 with the easy cross. Mint has been reduced to row 4, column 2, row 5, column 2, and row 6, column 2, all in column 2, so column 2 is reserved for mint. That is technique T3, and it lets you cross the lilac tiles at row 7, column 2 and row 8, column 2.

Now for the interesting part. Matcha covered seventeen tiles, but after three cats it has only row 4, column 7 and row 6, column 6 left. The two soda tiles at row 5, column 6 and row 5, column 7 each sit next to both of those squares, so wherever matcha places its cat, a cat on either of those soda tiles would be touching it. Cross them both out using technique T4, a tile touching every open tile of a color.

Those crosses squeeze soda into column 8, which reserves that column and lets you cross the periwinkle tiles at row 7, column 8 and row 8, column 8. Periwinkle is now down to row 6, column 7, row 7, column 6, and row 7, column 7, and here is the twist: the matcha tile at row 6, column 6 touches all three of them. Cross it out, and matcha is left with a single open tile at row 4, column 7 for the fourth cat. Matcha and periwinkle spent the middle of this board cornering each other, and periwinkle blinked first. Soda then goes to row 6, column 8, mint to row 5, column 2, periwinkle to row 7, column 6, and lilac to row 8, column 4.

Tips for untangling colors that crowd each other

Level 69 is worth replaying in your head because of how the middle resolves. Neither matcha nor periwinkle could be placed directly. Instead, each one ruled out tiles the other needed, until one of them ran out of room. That pattern shows up constantly in harder Meowdoku boards, and recognising it saves a lot of staring.

These habits make crowded middles much easier to handle in this cat puzzle game.

• Whenever two colors are down to two or three tiles in the same area, check each one for tiles the other always touches.
• A touching cross can target a tile in any color, including a big region like matcha here.
• Do a line-lock check first anyway, since a lock like mint owning column 2 is quicker to spot and often opens things up.
• Two single-tile regions on one board means two free cats, so always count region sizes before your first move.
• Meowdoku is free and browser based, and a hint will show the next forced cat if a standoff like this one refuses to break.

What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 69?

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

What is the first move in Meowdoku Level 69?

Place the first cat on row 1, column 1. The rose region is that single corner tile, so the rose cat is forced there, and butter at row 3, column 5 is a second single-tile region you can fill soon after.

How do I find the matcha cat in Meowdoku Level 69?

Mint owns column 2, so cross the lilac tiles at row 7, column 2 and row 8, column 2. Then cross row 5, column 6 and row 5, column 7 because each touches every open matcha tile, which puts soda in column 8 and lets you cross the periwinkle tiles at row 7, column 8 and row 8, column 8. Finally cross row 6, column 6, since it touches every open periwinkle tile, and matcha is left with row 4, column 7.

Why does Meowdoku Level 69 have two single-tile regions?

Both rose at row 1, column 1 and butter at row 3, column 5 are one-tile colors, which is what keeps this level in the easy band. They give you two forced cats and, together with apricot at row 2, column 3, they let you place three cats before crossing anything.

Can I play Meowdoku Level 69 for free?

Yes. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that runs in your web browser, so these animal games and brain games are ready whenever you want them, on a phone or a computer, with nothing to install.