Catdoku level 14 answer and walkthrough

A 5x5 board rated tricky, level 14 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 14 board

Place one cat in every row, every column and every colored patch. No two cats may touch, not even diagonally.

Level 14 answer

  1. Row 1: column 4, in the yellow patch
  2. Row 2: column 1, in the sky patch
  3. Row 3: column 3, in the rose patch
  4. Row 4: column 5, in the mint patch
  5. Row 5: column 2, in the lilac patch

How to solve level 14, step by step

After every placed cat, cross out the rest of its row, its column, its patch and the four corner squares around it. The steps below assume you do (the in-game auto-paws assist does it for you).

  1. Cat 1 of 5: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 5, so its cat settles there.
  2. Every free square of the yellow patch sits in row 1, so the yellow cat must come from there and the rest of row 1 can be crossed out. Every free square of the sky patch sits in row 2, so the sky cat must come from there and the rest of row 2 can be crossed out. Cat 2 of 5: column 4 has exactly one square left, at row 1, so the cat goes there.
  3. Column 3 only has free squares inside the rose patch, so that patch's cat is spoken for and its squares outside the line can be crossed out. A cat at row 2, column 2 would leave row 3 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 3 of 5: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 1, so its cat settles there.
  4. Cat 4 of 5: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  5. Cat 5 of 5: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 3, so its cat settles there.
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