Level 9 walkthrough
Meowdoku Level 9 Walkthrough: Three Locked Lines Before the Mint Cat
Meowdoku Level 9 is an 8x8 board where three colors lock themselves to single lines before the mint cat appears. This guide explains that moment and lists every cat in solve order.
Meowdoku Level 9 moves the free Meowdoku cat puzzle game up to an 8x8 grid with eight colors, so you will settle eight cats in total. Every row, every column, and every color needs exactly one cat, and no two cats may touch, not even at the corners. The game plays right in your browser at no cost.
This is a medium board, and it is the kind of level where logic puzzle games start asking for a little more than counting tiles. The first two cats come easily, but the third one only appears after you notice that three colors are each squeezed into a single line. Below we walk through the layout, the opening, that key moment, and habits that help in other cat games and brain games.
Meowdoku Level 9 at a glance
- Board: 8×8 grid with 8 colored regions and 8 cats to place
- Difficulty: Medium
- Hardest technique needed: Color locked to one line
- Logical steps: 15 (8 cats and 7 crosses)
- Smallest color: rose with 1 tile
The Meowdoku Level 9 board at a glance
The grid is eight tiles wide and eight tiles tall, with rose, apricot, butter, matcha, mint, soda, periwinkle, and lilac regions. The sizes are very uneven. Rose is a single tile, mint has only two tiles, soda and periwinkle have four each, butter has five, apricot has ten, matcha has twelve, and lilac is a sprawling 26 tiles that covers most of the bottom of the board.
Apricot fills almost all of the top row and much of row 2, while a soda strip runs down column 1 and a butter hook sits in the top right corner. That mix of tiny and huge regions is typical of cat puzzle game boards at this stage: the small colors tell you where to start, and the big lilac region is usually the last to settle.
The opening: rose, then apricot
Your first cat goes on row 1, column 2, because the rose region is only that one tile. A color must hold one cat, and rose has no other choice, so double-tap it right away. This is the same one-tile opening that many Meowdoku boards use, and it is the reason experienced players of browser games scan for the smallest color first.
That rose cat wipes out row 1, column 2, and its neighbors, which removes most of apricot. Once those crosses are in, the apricot region has exactly one open tile left, row 2, column 4, and that becomes your second cat. Two quick placements, both found with the simple last-open-tile idea.
The key moment: three colors locked to lines
After two cats, no color is down to a single tile, so you need a new idea. Look at butter: every open butter tile now sits in column 8. That means column 8 must spend its cat on butter, so the lilac tiles at row 5, row 6, row 7, and row 8 of column 8 can all be crossed out. This is the locked-line technique, where a color confined to one row or column claims that whole line.
Two more colors do the same thing. Every open mint tile is in column 6, so the matcha tile at row 3, column 6 can go. Every open matcha tile is in row 4, so the soda tile at row 4, column 1 and the mint tile at row 4, column 6 are crossed as well. That last cross is the payoff, because it leaves the mint region with one open tile at row 5, column 6.
From there the board unravels quickly, one color at a time. The mint cat leaves matcha a single tile, then butter, soda, periwinkle, and finally lilac each drop to one open tile in turn. It is a satisfying chain that shows why logic puzzle games reward patience over guessing.
Tips from Level 9 for later Meowdoku levels
Level 9 is a good lesson in what to do when the easy moves run dry. These habits will keep helping as Meowdoku boards and other free online games grow larger.
The main lesson is to widen your view. Instead of staring at one color, sweep each row and column and ask which colors are trapped inside it. That quick scan is often all it takes to turn a stuck board into a steady chain of cats.
- When no color has a single tile left, check whether any color sits entirely inside one row or column.
- A locked color lets you cross every other color in that line, even tiles far away from it.
- Look for several locked lines at once; on this board it takes three of them to free the mint cat.
- Tiny regions like the two-tile mint area are often the first to break open after a round of crosses.
- If you get stuck, a hint shows the next forced cat so you can see the idea in action.
Step-by-step Meowdoku Level 9 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 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 5, column 6 (mint)
First, cross out the tiles that cannot hold a cat:
- Every open butter tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be butter. Cross out the lilac tile at row 5, column 8.
- Every open butter tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be butter. Cross out the lilac tile at row 6, column 8.
- Every open butter tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be butter. Cross out the lilac tile at row 7, column 8.
- Every open butter tile sits in column 8, so that column's cat must be butter. Cross out the lilac tile at row 8, column 8.
- Every open mint tile sits in column 6, so that column's cat must be mint. Cross out the matcha tile at row 3, column 6.
- Every open matcha tile sits in row 4, so that row's cat must be matcha. Cross out the soda tile at row 4, column 1.
- Every open matcha tile sits in row 4, so that row's cat must be matcha. Cross out the mint tile at row 4, column 6.
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 2 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 4: row 4, column 3 (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 3. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 5: row 3, column 8 (butter)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 4 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 6: row 6, column 1 (soda)
With the rows, columns, and neighbors of the 5 cats placed so far crossed out, the soda region has only one open tile left, so its cat goes on row 6, column 1. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 7: row 7, column 5 (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 5. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Cat 8: row 8, column 7 (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 7. Technique: Last open tile in a color.
Meowdoku Level 9 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 9 FAQ
What is the solution to Meowdoku Level 9?
In solve order, the cats go on row 1, column 2 (rose); row 2, column 4 (apricot); row 5, column 6 (mint); row 4, column 3 (matcha); row 3, column 8 (butter); row 6, column 1 (soda); row 7, column 5 (periwinkle); and row 8, column 7 (lilac).
Where does the first cat go in Meowdoku Level 9?
The first cat goes on row 1, column 2. The rose region is only that single tile, so its cat has nowhere else to go.
What is the hardest step in Meowdoku Level 9?
The hardest step is the third cat. You need to see that butter is locked to column 8, mint is locked to column 6, and matcha is locked to row 4. Crossing the other tiles in those lines leaves mint with one open tile at row 5, column 6.
How many cats does Meowdoku Level 9 need?
Level 9 is an 8x8 board with eight colors, so this cat puzzle game level needs eight cats, one in every row, column, and color.
Can I play Meowdoku Level 9 for free?
Yes. Meowdoku is one of the free online games you can play in your browser, and every level, including Level 9, is free to try.
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