Catdoku level 242 answer and walkthrough

A 9x9 board rated tricky, level 242 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 242 board

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

Level 242 answer

  1. Row 1: column 8, in the yellow patch
  2. Row 2: column 6, in the sky patch
  3. Row 3: column 9, in the rose patch
  4. Row 4: column 1, in the mint patch
  5. Row 5: column 5, in the lilac patch
  6. Row 6: column 3, in the peach patch
  7. Row 7: column 7, in the aqua patch
  8. Row 8: column 4, in the coral patch
  9. Row 9: column 2, in the lime patch

How to solve level 242, 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. 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. Every free square of the lime patch sits in row 9, so the lime cat must come from there and the rest of row 9 can be crossed out. Cat 1 of 9: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 4, so its cat settles there.
  2. A cat at row 1, column 7 would leave row 2 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 2 of 9: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 8, so its cat settles there.
  3. Cat 3 of 9: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 6, so its cat settles there.
  4. Cat 4 of 9: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 9, so its cat settles there.
  5. Cat 5 of 9: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 1, so its cat settles there.
  6. Cat 6 of 9: the lime patch is down to a single free square at row 9, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  7. Cat 7 of 9: the only free square left in row 7 is column 7, so the cat goes there.
  8. Cat 8 of 9: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 5, so its cat settles there.
  9. Cat 9 of 9: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 3, so its cat settles there.
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