Meowdoku Level 166 Help

What to Focus on for Level 166

This part of Meowdoku usually tests long chains across rows, columns, and colors. Before placing a cat, scan every colored region and identify the smallest one. Then check whether any of its cells would block a neighboring row through diagonal adjacency.

If two candidate cats touch diagonally, only one of those branches can survive.

A Reliable Solving Pattern

1. 1. Find the smallest or most awkward colored region.
2. 2. Remove cells that would touch another forced cat candidate.
3. 3. Check whether a row or column has only one legal color left.
4. 4. Repeat until every row, column, and color has one cat.

Level 166 Tip

Scan columns after each row decision

Because each column gets exactly one cat, a row placement is also a column placement. After you narrow a row to one or two candidates, check whether either column is already claimed by another forced region.