Catdoku level 175 answer and walkthrough

A 8x8 board rated tricky, level 175 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 175 board

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

Level 175 answer

  1. Row 1: column 6, in the yellow patch
  2. Row 2: column 4, in the sky patch
  3. Row 3: column 1, in the rose patch
  4. Row 4: column 5, in the mint patch
  5. Row 5: column 2, in the lilac patch
  6. Row 6: column 7, in the peach patch
  7. Row 7: column 3, in the aqua patch
  8. Row 8: column 8, in the coral patch

How to solve level 175, 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 8: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 8, so its cat settles there.
  2. Every free square of the peach patch sits in column 7, so the peach cat must come from there and the rest of column 7 can be crossed out. Every free square of the yellow patch sits in column 6, so the yellow cat must come from there and the rest of column 6 can be crossed out. Cat 2 of 8: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 5, so its cat settles there.
  3. Cat 3 of 8: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 6, so its cat settles there.
  4. Every free square of the rose patch sits in column 1, so the rose cat must come from there and the rest of column 1 can be crossed out. A cat at row 2, column 1 would leave the sky patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 4 of 8: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 1, so its cat settles there.
  5. Cat 5 of 8: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 4, so its cat settles there.
  6. Cat 6 of 8: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  7. Cat 7 of 8: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  8. Cat 8 of 8: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 7, so its cat settles there.
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