Level 76 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 76 Walkthrough: Mint Takes Row 5, Soda Takes Row 6
Meowdoku Level 76 is a medium 9x9 board where four quick cats open the corners and then two stacked row locks plus two touching tiles force the soda cat.
Meowdoku Level 76 is a medium 9x9 board with nine colors, and it is built around one interesting collision in the middle of the grid. Mint and soda end up stacked directly on top of each other in rows 5 and 6, and sorting out which color owns which row is the only real obstacle in the level.
Before that collision you get four cats almost for free, and after it the remaining four fall in a straight line. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that runs in your browser, and this walkthrough of Meowdoku Level 76 explains the layout, the easy opening run, the seven crosses in the middle, and the habit that makes stacked row locks obvious the next time you meet them.
Meowdoku Level 76 at a glance
- Board: 9×9 grid with 9 colored regions and 9 cats to place
- Difficulty: Medium
- Hardest technique needed: Tile touching a whole color
- Logical steps: 16 (9 cats and 7 crosses)
- Smallest color: rose with 1 tile
The Meowdoku Level 76 board layout
Nine colors share this 9x9 grid: rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, lilac, and bubblegum. Rose is the smallest region at a single tile, row 1, column 2, and apricot is next with four tiles at row 1, columns 6, 7, and 8, plus row 2, column 7.
Soda is the largest region with eighteen tiles that start in row 1 near the top and snake diagonally down and right into row 6. Lilac has fourteen tiles down the lower left, periwinkle twelve on the right side, bubblegum ten along the bottom, mint nine in the middle, matcha eight in the top left corner, and butter five wedged into the top right.
The diagonal shape of soda is what makes Meowdoku Level 76 worth studying. A long thin region like that can be squeezed from several directions at once, and on this board the squeeze comes from mint sitting directly above it.
The opening: four cats around the top of the board
Start with rose at row 1, column 2, the only tile that color owns. It is technique T1, the last open tile in a color, and it clears row 1 and column 2 along with the tiles next to it.
Losing row 1 is a big deal for the top of the board. Apricot immediately drops to one open tile at row 2, column 7 for the second cat, butter follows at row 3, column 9 for the third, and matcha falls to row 4, column 1 for the fourth. Four cats, four applications of the same simple technique, and not a single cross needed by hand.
This kind of opening run is common in Meowdoku, and it teaches an important habit for any cat puzzle game: after each placement, rescan every color before you try anything more advanced. Free cats are cheap, and they change the board more than crosses do.
The key moment: sorting out rows 5 and 6
With four cats placed, the middle of Meowdoku Level 76 needs untangling. Start with mint. Every mint tile that is still open sits in row 5, which reserves that row for the mint cat. That is technique T3, a color locked to one line, and it lets you cross the soda tiles at row 5, column 3 and row 5, column 4 and the periwinkle tile at row 5, column 8.
Those crosses immediately squeeze the long soda region. Every open soda tile now sits in row 6, so row 6 is reserved for soda by exactly the same logic, and you can cross the lilac tile at row 6, column 3 and the periwinkle tile at row 6, column 8. Two neighboring rows are now booked by two different colors, which is a satisfying sight in these logic puzzle games.
Soda still has more than one option in row 6, so the last two crosses use technique T4, a tile that touches every open tile of a color. The tiles at row 6, column 5 and row 6, column 6 each sit next to every mint tile that remains, so a mint cat anywhere would touch them and neither can hold a cat. Cross them both and soda is left with a single open tile at row 6, column 4. Mint then takes row 5, column 6, and periwinkle, lilac, and bubblegum drop into their last open tiles to finish the board.
Tips for untangling stacked regions
When two colors sit directly above and below each other like mint and soda do here, the order you check them in matters. Lock the smaller color first, because the crosses it produces are what usually push the bigger color into a single line. Doing it the other way round often finds nothing at all.
It is also worth remembering that a locked row does not mean the color is solved. Soda owned row 6 outright and still had several candidates in it, and only the two touching-tile crosses narrowed it down. A lock tells you who owns a line, not where in the line the cat goes.
These points keep the middle of a board like Meowdoku Level 76 from turning into guesswork in what should be a relaxing round of browser games.
- Check the smaller of two stacked colors first and cross the bigger one out of that line.
- After a lock, look inside the locked line for tiles that touch every option of a neighboring color.
- Recount the open tiles in each row and column once a batch of crosses is done.
- Trust technique T1 first after every cat; it solves more of this level than anything clever.
- A hint will show the next forced cat if the middle of the board stops making sense.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 76 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 7 (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 7. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 3: row 3, column 9 (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 9. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 4: row 4, column 1 (matcha)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 3 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.
Cat 5: row 6, column 4 (soda)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open mint tile sits in row 5, so that row's cat must be mint. Cross out the soda tile at row 5, column 3.
- Every open mint tile sits in row 5, so that row's cat must be mint. Cross out the soda tile at row 5, column 4.
- Every open mint tile sits in row 5, so that row's cat must be mint. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 5, column 8.
- Every open soda tile sits in row 6, so that row's cat must be soda. Cross out the lilac tile at row 6, column 3.
- Every open soda tile sits in row 6, so that row's cat must be soda. Cross out the periwinkle tile at row 6, column 8.
- The tile at row 6, column 5 touches every open tile left in the mint region. Wherever the mint cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
- The tile at row 6, column 6 touches every open tile left in the mint region. Wherever the mint cat lands, it would touch this tile, so cross it out.
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 4. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 6: row 5, column 6 (mint)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 5 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 7: row 7, column 8 (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 8. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 8: row 8, column 3 (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 3. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 9: row 9, column 5 (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 5. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 76 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 76 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 76?
In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 2 (rose); row 2, column 7 (apricot); row 3, column 9 (butter); row 4, column 1 (matcha); row 6, column 4 (soda); row 5, column 6 (mint); row 7, column 8 (periwinkle); row 8, column 3 (lilac); and row 9, column 5 (bubblegum).
What is the first move in Meowdoku Level 76?
Settle the rose cat on row 1, column 2. Rose is a single-tile region in Meowdoku Level 76, so that move is forced, and clearing row 1 is what sets off the run of three more free cats.
How do I find the soda cat in Meowdoku Level 76?
Mint is locked to row 5, so cross the soda tiles at row 5, column 3 and row 5, column 4 and the periwinkle tile at row 5, column 8. Soda is then locked to row 6, so cross the lilac tile at row 6, column 3 and the periwinkle tile at row 6, column 8. Finally cross row 6, column 5 and row 6, column 6, because each touches every open mint tile. Soda is left with row 6, column 4.
How difficult is Meowdoku Level 76?
It is a medium board. The solution runs sixteen steps with seven crosses, and the hardest idea you need is technique T4, a tile that touches every open tile of a color. If you have finished a few of the earlier animal games in the campaign, this one should feel very manageable.
Do I need an account to play Meowdoku?
No. Meowdoku is one of those free online games that loads straight in your browser, so Meowdoku Level 76 is playable without signing up or installing anything at all.
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