Catdoku level 28 answer and walkthrough

A 5x5 board rated tricky, level 28 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 28 board

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

Level 28 answer

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

How to solve level 28, 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 mint patch sits in column 1, so the mint cat must come from there and the rest of column 1 can be crossed out. 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 1, column 4 would leave row 2 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 2, column 3 would leave the yellow patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 2, column 4 would leave the sky patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 2 would leave row 4 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 2 would leave column 1 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Every free square of the rose patch sits in column 3, so the rose cat must come from there and the rest of column 3 can be crossed out. Every free square of the yellow patch sits in column 2, so the yellow cat must come from there and the rest of column 2 can be crossed out. A cat at row 3, column 4 would leave column 3 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 1 of 5: column 4 has exactly one square left, at row 5, so the cat goes there.
  2. Cat 2 of 5: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  3. Cat 3 of 5: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, 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 5, so its cat settles there.
  5. Cat 5 of 5: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 1, so its cat settles there.
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