Catdoku level 295 answer and walkthrough

A 10x10 board rated fiendish, level 295 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 295 board

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

Level 295 answer

  1. Row 1: column 1, in the yellow patch
  2. Row 2: column 10, in the sky patch
  3. Row 3: column 7, in the rose patch
  4. Row 4: column 9, in the mint patch
  5. Row 5: column 6, in the lilac patch
  6. Row 6: column 3, in the peach patch
  7. Row 7: column 8, in the aqua patch
  8. Row 8: column 5, in the coral patch
  9. Row 9: column 2, in the lime patch
  10. Row 10: column 4, in the periwinkle patch

How to solve level 295, 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 10: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 10, so its cat settles there.
  2. Every free square of the mint patch sits in column 9, so the mint cat must come from there and the rest of column 9 can be crossed out. A cat at row 5, column 8 would leave column 9 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 9, column 1 would leave the lime patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 9, column 4 would leave the periwinkle patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 9, column 8 would leave the aqua patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 10, column 2 would leave the periwinkle patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 8, column 1 would leave the lime patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 10, column 3 would leave the lime patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 8, column 4 would leave the periwinkle patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 9, column 5 would leave the periwinkle patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. The lime and periwinkle patches all squeeze into rows 9 and 10, so those rows are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. Cat 2 of 10: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 8, so its cat settles there.
  3. Cat 3 of 10: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 7, so its cat settles there.
  4. Column 6 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. Cat 4 of 10: column 5 has exactly one square left, at row 8, so the cat goes there.
  5. Cat 5 of 10: column 4 has exactly one square left, at row 10, so the cat goes there.
  6. Cat 6 of 10: the lime patch is down to a single free square at row 9, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  7. Cat 7 of 10: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 1, so its cat settles there.
  8. Cat 8 of 10: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  9. Cat 9 of 10: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 6, so its cat settles there.
  10. Cat 10 of 10: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 9, so its cat settles there.
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