Catdoku level 248 answer and walkthrough

A 9x9 board rated tricky, level 248 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 248 board

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

Level 248 answer

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

How to solve level 248, 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 9: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 6, so its cat settles there.
  2. Cat 2 of 9: the lime patch is down to a single free square at row 9, column 1, so its cat settles there.
  3. Cat 3 of 9: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  4. Every free square of the aqua patch sits in column 9, so the aqua cat must come from there and the rest of column 9 can be crossed out. Every free square of the sky patch sits in column 8, so the sky cat must come from there and the rest of column 8 can be crossed out. Every free square of the mint patch sits in column 7, so the mint cat must come from there and the rest of column 7 can be crossed out. Cat 4 of 9: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 5, so its cat settles there.
  5. Cat 5 of 9: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 9, so its cat settles there.
  6. Row 5 only has free squares inside the lilac 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 7 would leave column 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 7 would leave column 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 6 of 9: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 7, so its cat settles there.
  7. Cat 7 of 9: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 8, so its cat settles there.
  8. Cat 8 of 9: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  9. Cat 9 of 9: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 4, so its cat settles there.
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