Meowdoku Level 85 Walkthrough: A Corner Cat and Two Narrow Columns

The Meowdoku Level 85 board layout

The eight colors on this 8x8 grid are rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, and lilac. Rose is the smallest region, a single tile sitting in the top left corner at row 1, column 1. Mint is next with just two tiles, side by side at row 5, columns 3 and 4.

Matcha has five tiles in the top right, periwinkle six tiles down the left edge, apricot eight tiles along the top row plus one tile at row 2, column 6, and butter nine tiles in rows 2 and 3. Soda spreads across fourteen tiles through the middle, and lilac is by far the largest region in this cat puzzle game with nineteen tiles covering the bottom right.

The interesting structural feature of Meowdoku Level 85 is how flat the regions are. Apricot, butter, and soda each run mostly horizontally, so they get locked into rows quickly. Once you notice that, the level starts to look much more approachable.

The opening move and why it is forced

Place the first cat on row 1, column 1. Rose is a single tile in that corner, so its cat has exactly one home and no reasoning is required. It is a satisfying way to begin, because a corner cat clears an entire row and an entire column while touching only three other tiles.

Apricot immediately loses almost everything. Its seven tiles in row 1 vanish with the row, and the tile at row 1, column 2 would have been a neighbour anyway, so apricot is left with a single open tile at row 2, column 6. That is your second cat, placed with no crosses at all.

The third cat needs a little help. Every open butter tile now sits in row 3, so row 3 belongs to butter, which lets you cross out the soda tile at row 3, column 2 and the matcha tile at row 3, column 8. Matcha is then down to one option at row 4, column 8, and the third cat lands there. This is technique T3 doing its usual work in these cat games.

The key moment: two cats forced by columns, not colors

The heart of Meowdoku Level 85 comes after the matcha cat. Mint is only two tiles wide and both of them sit in row 5, so row 5 belongs to mint. Crossing the periwinkle tile at row 5, column 2 leaves periwinkle with one open tile at row 7, column 2, giving you the fourth cat.

Now the level changes gear. Cross the soda tile at row 5, column 5, still on the strength of mint owning row 5. Then notice that every open soda tile sits in row 6, so row 6 belongs to soda, and the lilac tile at row 6, column 7 has to go. At this point no color has been reduced to one tile, so a beginner might stall here.

The trick is to look at lines instead of colors. Column 7 now has exactly one open tile left anywhere in it, the lilac tile at row 8, column 7, and since every column must hold a cat, that is where the fifth cat goes. This is technique T2, the last open tile in a row or column. The very same idea gives you the sixth cat straight away, because column 5 is also down to one open tile, the soda tile at row 6, column 5. Mint then takes row 5, column 3 and butter finishes at row 3, column 4.

Tips for spotting line-forced cats in Meowdoku

Most players learn to check colors first, and that instinct solves the easy boards. Meowdoku Level 85 is where you learn to sweep the rows and columns as well. If a column has only one tile without a cross on it, that tile holds a cat regardless of which color it belongs to.

Building that second sweep into your routine changes how the harder brain games feel, because line-forced cats often appear exactly when the color-based approach dries up. Give both sweeps a turn after each placement and you will rarely get stuck.

• After each cat, scan colors for a single remaining tile, then scan rows and columns for the same thing.
• Flat regions that run along a row, like butter and soda here, become row claims very quickly.
• A two-tile region such as mint is a row or column claim waiting to happen.
• Corner openings are generous; a corner cat clears a full row and column while touching only three tiles.
• If you cannot see the next move, a hint reveals the next forced cat so you keep your fish.

What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 85?

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

Where does the first cat go in Meowdoku Level 85?

The first cat goes on row 1, column 1, the top left corner. Rose is a single-tile region there, so it is forced immediately, and a corner cat is especially useful because it clears a whole row and a whole column at once.

How do I find the lilac cat in Meowdoku Level 85?

Mint owns row 5, so cross out the soda tile at row 5, column 5. Soda is then locked to row 6, which lets you cross out the lilac tile at row 6, column 7. Column 7 now has one open tile left, the lilac tile at row 8, column 7, so the cat goes there by technique T2.

Why is Meowdoku Level 85 rated medium?

Because two of its eight cats are forced by columns rather than by their own regions. That means a pure color-by-color search stalls partway through, and you have to start scanning rows and columns for their last open tile as well.

Is Meowdoku a free browser game?

Yes. Meowdoku is a free cat puzzle game that needs no installation and runs in any modern web browser. It sits comfortably among cosy animal games you can dip into for a few minutes at a time.