Catdoku level 16 answer and walkthrough

A 5x5 board rated tricky, level 16 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 16 board

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

Level 16 answer

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

How to solve level 16, 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 rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 1, so its cat settles there.
  2. Every free square of the lilac patch sits in row 5, so the lilac cat must come from there and the rest of row 5 can be crossed out. Row 4 only has free squares inside the mint patch, so that patch's cat is spoken for and its squares outside the line can be crossed out. A cat at row 1, column 3 would leave row 2 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 1, column 4 would leave row 2 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 2 of 5: column 4 has exactly one square left, at row 4, so the cat goes there.
  3. Cat 3 of 5: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  4. Cat 4 of 5: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  5. Cat 5 of 5: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 5, so its cat settles there.
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