Level 78 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 78 Walkthrough: A Two-Tile Matcha Rules Column 6
Meowdoku Level 78 is a medium 8x8 board where a two-tile matcha region reserves column 6, soda takes column 7, and three touching tiles finish the squeeze.
Meowdoku Level 78 is a medium 8x8 board with eight colors, and it is a lovely demonstration of how much power a tiny region has. Matcha holds just two tiles, both of them in column 6, and that single fact is what breaks open the right side of the board and produces the fourth cat.
The level takes sixteen steps in total, eight of which are crosses, and every one of those crosses lands in the same corner of the grid. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that runs in your browser, and this walkthrough of Meowdoku Level 78 covers the layout, the three easy cats at the top, the eight-cross squeeze that follows, and the general lessons you can take into the next set of logic puzzle games.
Meowdoku Level 78 at a glance
- Board: 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions and 8 cats to place
- Difficulty: Medium
- Hardest technique needed: Tile touching a whole color
- Logical steps: 16 (8 cats and 8 crosses)
- Smallest color: rose with 1 tile
How the Meowdoku Level 78 board is built
Eight colors share this 8x8 grid: rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, and lilac. Rose is a single tile in the corner at row 1, column 1, and matcha is the second smallest with two tiles at row 4, column 6 and row 5, column 6. Butter has four tiles in the top right, apricot has six along the top, soda has seven on the right side, and periwinkle has nine in the bottom left.
The two big colors split the rest of the board between them. Mint is the largest with eighteen tiles covering the upper left, and lilac has seventeen tiles across the lower middle and the bottom right. Neither of them causes trouble, because large regions usually get decided last once everything else has claimed its line.
The important observation before you place anything in this cat puzzle game is that matcha is a vertical pair. Two tiles stacked in one column means that column is going to belong to matcha as soon as nothing else can be proven about it.
The opening: three cats along the top rows
Rose owns one tile, so the first cat in Meowdoku Level 78 goes on row 1, column 1 and takes out all of row 1 and all of column 1 with it. That is technique T1, the last open tile in a color, and it is the safest opening in the game.
Apricot had five of its six tiles in row 1, so it is left with a single open tile at row 2, column 4 for the second cat. Placing that one clears row 2, which removes two of the four butter tiles, and butter drops to row 3, column 8 for the third cat.
Three cats down with no crosses at all is a pleasant start, but the top of the board is now finished and the remaining action is all in the bottom right. This is the point in these animal games where you switch from placing to proving.
The key moment: two locked columns and three dead tiles
Both matcha tiles are in column 6, so every open matcha tile is in that column and the cat for column 6 has to be the matcha cat. That is technique T3, a color locked to one line, and it clears three tiles straight away: the soda tile at row 6, column 6 and the lilac tiles at row 7, column 6 and row 8, column 6.
Soda feels that immediately. With row 1 and row 2 gone from the earlier cats, column 8 trimmed by the butter cat, and row 6, column 6 just crossed, every soda tile still open sits in column 7. So column 7 is reserved for soda by the same technique, and you can cross the lilac tiles at row 7, column 7 and row 8, column 7.
Soda still has more than one candidate in its column, so the last three crosses come from technique T4, a tile that touches every open tile of a color. Matcha is down to row 4, column 6 and row 5, column 6, and the tiles at row 4, column 5, row 5, column 5, and row 5, column 7 each border both of them, so the no-touching rule kills all three no matter where the matcha cat goes. Once they are crossed, soda has one open tile left at row 6, column 7. Matcha then settles at row 4, column 6, and mint, periwinkle, and lilac each drop into a final open tile to complete Meowdoku Level 78.
Why small regions deserve your attention first
Every cross in Meowdoku Level 78 traces back to a region with two tiles. That is typical, and it is the single most useful thing to internalize from this level: the smallest colors on the board are where your leverage is, both because they lock to lines quickly and because their few candidates are easy to draw a ring around.
The three T4 crosses in this level are also a good illustration of how a two-tile vertical pair behaves. When a color is a pair of tiles stacked one above the other, the tiles to the left of both, the tiles to the right of both, and the tiles directly above and below the pair are all candidates for elimination, so it is worth checking that ring deliberately.
Bring these habits with you and the medium boards in this free cat puzzle game stop feeling like a wall.
- Order the colors by size when the board loads and give the two smallest your full attention.
- Treat a stacked pair of tiles as one blob and cross every tile that borders the whole blob.
- Lock the small color to its line first, then see which neighboring color that squeezes.
- Remember a locked column still needs narrowing down before its cat is decided.
- Take a hint instead of settling a cat you are unsure about, since a wrong cat costs a fish.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 78 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 4 (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 4. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 3: row 3, column 8 (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 8. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 4: row 6, column 7 (soda)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open matcha tile sits in column 6, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the soda tile at row 6, column 6.
- Every open matcha tile sits in column 6, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the lilac tile at row 7, column 6.
- Every open matcha tile sits in column 6, so that column's cat must be matcha. Cross out the lilac tile at row 8, column 6.
- Every open soda tile sits in column 7, so that column's cat must be soda. Cross out the lilac tile at row 7, column 7.
- Every open soda tile sits in column 7, so that column's cat must be soda. Cross out the lilac tile at row 8, column 7.
- The tile at row 4, column 5 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 5, column 5 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 5, column 7 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, the soda region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 6, column 7. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 5: row 4, column 6 (matcha)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 4 cats placed so far crossed out, the matcha region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 4, column 6. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 6: row 5, column 2 (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 2. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 7: row 7, column 3 (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 3. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 8: row 8, column 5 (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 5. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 78 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 78 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 78?
In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 1 (rose); row 2, column 4 (apricot); row 3, column 8 (butter); row 6, column 7 (soda); row 4, column 6 (matcha); row 5, column 2 (mint); row 7, column 3 (periwinkle); and row 8, column 5 (lilac).
What is the first move in Meowdoku Level 78?
Settle the rose cat in the corner at row 1, column 1. Rose is a one-tile region in Meowdoku Level 78, so the corner is forced, and clearing row 1 leaves apricot with only row 2, column 4 for the second cat.
How do I force the soda cat in Meowdoku Level 78?
Matcha is locked to column 6, so cross the soda tile at row 6, column 6 and the lilac tiles at row 7, column 6 and row 8, column 6. Soda is then locked to column 7, so cross the lilac tiles at row 7, column 7 and row 8, column 7. Finally cross row 4, column 5, row 5, column 5, and row 5, column 7, because each touches every open matcha tile. That leaves soda with only row 6, column 7.
Why is Meowdoku Level 78 rated medium?
Because the fourth cat needs eight crosses before it appears, and three of them use technique T4, a tile that touches every open tile of a color. The rest of the level is straightforward, which is what keeps it out of the hard band among these brain games.
Is Meowdoku free to play online?
Yes. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that works in any modern web browser with no download, so you can play Meowdoku Level 78 and the rest of these cat games wherever you are.
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