Level 8 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 8 Walkthrough: A Small Board With a Column 4 Surprise
Meowdoku Level 8 is a compact 5×5 board where the rose region claims row 1 and column 4 runs down to a single apricot tile. This guide explains both ideas and the finished grid.
Meowdoku Level 8 brings the free Meowdoku cat puzzle game back to a compact 5×5 grid after the bigger boards before it. Five cats, five colors, and the usual rules: one cat in each row, column, and color, and no cats touching, even diagonally.
Small does not mean automatic, though. This board uses a color locked to a row and a column with only one open tile, so it is a neat review of ideas from earlier levels. It is a relaxing pick for anyone who likes cat games, animal games, and short brain games they can finish in a few minutes in the browser.
Meowdoku Level 8 at a glance
- Board: 5×5 grid with 5 colored regions and 5 cats to place
- Difficulty: Easy
- Hardest technique needed: Color locked to one line
- Logical steps: 7 (5 cats and 2 crosses)
- Smallest color: matcha with 1 tile
The compact Meowdoku Level 8 board
The five colors here are rose, apricot, butter, matcha, and mint. Matcha is the smallest region, a single tile at row 4, column 5. Rose is only two tiles, side by side at row 1, column 2 and row 1, column 3.
Butter has seven tiles running down the left side, mint has seven tiles including the whole bottom row, and apricot has eight tiles in the upper right. On a board this small, every cat removes a big share of the grid, which is why compact logic puzzle games can still feel surprisingly tight.
The first move: matcha at row 4, column 5
Meowdoku Level 8 begins with the matcha cat on row 4, column 5, the only matcha tile on the board. There is no other place for it, so you can settle it right away.
This cat claims row 4 and column 5, and it touches row 3, column 4 and row 5, column 4 on the diagonals. Those crosses around column 4 look minor, but they set up the most interesting moment of this cat puzzle game board.
The key moment: rose claims row 1, column 4 runs dry
Both rose tiles sit in row 1, so the row 1 cat must be rose. That lets you cross out the other tiles in row 1 that are not rose: the butter tile at row 1, column 1 and the apricot tile at row 1, column 4.
Now scan column 4 from top to bottom. Row 1 was just crossed, row 3 and row 5 touch the matcha cat, and row 4 shares a row with it. Only row 2, column 4 is open, so the column 4 cat goes there, and that tile happens to be apricot. It is a good example of looking at a column instead of a color in browser games like Meowdoku.
The apricot cat at row 2, column 4 touches row 1, column 3, so rose is left with row 1, column 2. Butter then has one open tile at row 3, column 1, and mint finishes Meowdoku Level 8 on row 5, column 3.
What Level 8 teaches for future Meowdoku puzzles
Meowdoku Level 8 is short, but its habits carry into every larger board in this collection of free online games puzzles.
- A two-tile color in a single row locks that whole row, even before you know which tile wins.
- Diagonal touches from one cat can empty most of a nearby column.
- When colors look open, check each row and column for a lone tile.
- Placing a cat can decide a neighboring color by touching one of its last two tiles.
Why Meowdoku is a cozy cat puzzle game
Meowdoku pairs cute cats with fair, guess-free logic, so it sits happily between animal games and classic sudoku-style brain teasers. Each level has a single answer you can reach by reasoning alone.
It is free and plays in any modern browser, so a quick board like Meowdoku Level 8 fits neatly into a coffee break. When you are ready, the next level is waiting with a fresh layout.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 8 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 4, column 5 (matcha)
The matcha region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 4, column 5. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 2: row 2, column 4 (apricot)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open rose tile sits in row 1, so that row's cat must be rose. Cross out the butter tile at row 1, column 1.
- Every open rose tile sits in row 1, so that row's cat must be rose. Cross out the apricot tile at row 1, column 4.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the first cat crossed out, column 4 has only one open tile left, the apricot tile at row 2, column 4, so its cat goes there. Technique: Last open tile in a row or column.
Cat 3: row 1, column 2 (rose)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 2 cats placed so far 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 4: row 3, column 1 (butter)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 3 cats placed so far crossed out, the butter region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 3, column 1. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 5: row 5, column 3 (mint)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 4 cats placed so far crossed out, the mint region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 5, column 3. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 8 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 8 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 8?
In solve order, the cats go on row 4, column 5 (matcha); row 2, column 4 (apricot); row 1, column 2 (rose); row 3, column 1 (butter); and row 5, column 3 (mint).
Where do I place the first cat in Meowdoku Level 8?
Place it on row 4, column 5. Matcha is a single tile, so the matcha cat is forced there.
How do I find the apricot cat in Meowdoku Level 8?
Both rose tiles are in row 1, so cross the butter tile at row 1, column 1 and the apricot tile at row 1, column 4. Column 4 then has only row 2, column 4 open, so the apricot cat goes there.
Is Meowdoku Level 8 easy?
Yes, it is rated easy. Most cats are the last open tile of a color, with one row lock and one column that runs down to a single tile, which makes it a friendly cat puzzle game board.
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