Catdoku level 143 answer and walkthrough

A 7x7 board rated fiendish, level 143 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 143 board

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

Level 143 answer

  1. Row 1: column 5, in the yellow patch
  2. Row 2: column 7, in the sky patch
  3. Row 3: column 4, in the rose patch
  4. Row 4: column 1, in the mint patch
  5. Row 5: column 3, in the lilac patch
  6. Row 6: column 6, in the peach patch
  7. Row 7: column 2, in the aqua patch

How to solve level 143, 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. A cat at row 2, column 3 would leave the rose patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 1, column 6 would leave the yellow patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 5 would leave column 6 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 7 would leave column 6 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 3 would leave the lilac patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 4 would leave the rose patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 5, column 1 would leave the lilac patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 2 would leave the lilac patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 3 would leave row 5 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. The yellow and sky patches all squeeze into rows 1 and 2, so those rows are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. Every free square of the rose patch sits in row 3, so the rose cat must come from there and the rest of row 3 can be crossed out. Cat 1 of 7: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 1, so its cat settles there.
  2. Cat 2 of 7: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  3. Cat 3 of 7: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 4, so its cat settles there.
  4. Cat 4 of 7: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  5. Cat 5 of 7: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 5, so its cat settles there.
  6. Cat 6 of 7: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 7, so its cat settles there.
  7. Cat 7 of 7: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 6, so its cat settles there.
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