meowdokuMeowdoku — Play Cat Logic Puzzles Online
What is Meowdoku?
Meowdoku is a cute cat-themed puzzle that tests your logic. Place one cat in every row, column, and colored region, ensuring no two cats touch, even diagonally. Think carefully, mark impossible spots, and use clever deductions to find the perfect solution. With simple rules and increasingly challenging puzzles, Meowdoku offers a delightful mix of relaxation and brain training. Get ready to solve puzzles and find the perfect spot for every kitty!
This independent browser collection has 150 campaign puzzles and a shared Daily Challenge. Each board begins with one fixed cat and has at least one complete solution. Meowdoku accepts every arrangement that follows the rules; you are not trying to match a hidden picture.
How to play Meowdoku
Find the perfect spot for each cat by placing exactly one in every row, column, and colored region. Keep the cats apart, making sure they never touch, even at the corners. Look for clues, mark empty squares with an X, and use logic to complete the puzzle!
One cat per color
Every colored region needs exactly one cat, however large or strangely shaped it looks. Once a region has its cat, its other squares cannot hold another.
One per row and column
Follow both lines through a cat. No other cat can sit anywhere along either line, even in a different color on the far side of the board.
No touching
Two cats cannot share an edge or touch at a corner. In Meowdoku, a diagonal only matters for immediate neighbors; distant cats may share a diagonal.
Controls & Interface
A single tap is a note, not a cat placement. Meowdoku separates marking from placing so you can think on the board without committing to every square you touch. Try these three actions on an unfinished puzzle.
One click: mark or clear
One click or tap Click or tap once to add an X. Repeat to return that square to blank. Your X means “I have ruled this out”; it does not mean the game has proved it impossible.
Two quick clicks: place a cat
Double-click or double-tap Double-click or double-tap to place a cat. Meowdoku checks the region, row, column, and neighbors. A move that immediately breaks a rule shows an error instead of adding a cat.
Click your cat: remove it
Click a player cat Tap a cat you placed to remove it while the puzzle is unfinished. Use Undo if you want to reverse your last action instead. The fixed starting cat is the exception: it stays put.
Undo
Undo revisits your last action.
Hint
Hint explains a clue.
Reset
Reset starts the board again with the fixed cat in place.
The fixed starting cat
The cat with the small diamond is your fixed starting clue. It belongs to the puzzle, rather than to your move history. Neither Undo nor Reset removes it. Every Meowdoku board begins with exactly one of these cats.
Use its position before placing anything
Trace the fixed cat’s row and column. Check the neighboring squares, including corners, then find the rest of its color. Those positions cannot hold another cat. You already have useful information before making your first Meowdoku move.
Prefer a keyboard?
Move with the arrow keys. Press Enter or Space once for a note, or twice quickly for a cat. The placement rules are identical, so you can switch between keyboard and pointer without learning another version of Meowdoku.
Meowdoku Levels & Daily
Levels: five independent paths
Choose 5 × 5, 6 × 6, 7 × 7, 8 × 8, or 9 × 9, with thirty puzzles in each size. Finish each path in order and switch sizes whenever you like. Meowdoku has no separate Easy, Normal, or Hard selector.
A closed lock means earlier levels in that size still need to be completed. An open lock marks an available unfinished level. Completed tiles show their number without a lock. Every selection loads in the same Play page.
Choose a Meowdoku level →Daily: one board for each UTC date
Everyone gets the same published Meowdoku Daily Challenge for a given UTC date. The next board arrives at 00:00 UTC, or 08:00 in Beijing. If the date changes while you play, your open board stays available until you choose the new puzzle.
After finishing, copy a text result without giving away the answer. Reopening or replaying an already completed puzzle does not automatically launch another victory popup. You can still choose View result when you want to see it.
Try today’s Meowdoku challenge →Find your next move
Start by counting the available squares in a region. A small region often helps, but a large region can be even more restricted after other cats occupy its rows and columns. Good Meowdoku reasoning follows the remaining possibilities, not just the size of a color.
Look for a region confined to one line
If every candidate for a region sits in the same row, that region must supply the row’s cat. You can exclude that row from other regions before choosing the exact square. The same Meowdoku deduction works with columns.
Ask Hint to explain, then check the board
Hint highlights a useful area and lets you ask for an explanation. A deduction is different from an optional candidate. If a forced step is not found, Meowdoku may suggest places to explore rather than pretending one choice must be the answer.
Your personal X notes are not used as proof by the hint system. That distinction matters: a note is something you wrote, while a deduction follows from the rules and placed cats. Review the explanation and decide what information it adds to your next move.
Make Meowdoku your own
Auto-cross blocked squares starts off. Open Game settings and enable it if you want Meowdoku to mark positions excluded by your cats. Automatic exclusions and personal X notes stay separate, so turning the option off does not erase the notes you made yourself.
Keep the board easy to read
Region letters can appear alongside the colors. Choose the dark theme if it feels more comfortable. Meowdoku also respects your system’s reduced-motion preference, which keeps the cat artwork still instead of animating its mouth.
Keep the pace your own
The timer is optional and never imposes a deadline. Successful cat placements can play a gentle meow, while single-click notes stay quiet. Switch sound off whenever you prefer. There are no lives or energy limits to manage in Meowdoku.
Meowdoku FAQ
Why won’t a cat fit in an empty square?
An empty square can still conflict with a distant cat. Before trying again, check the entire row and column, not just the surrounding squares. Then check whether that color already has its cat. Meowdoku uses all three rules at once. Meowdoku allows exploration. A choice can satisfy the current constraints and still leave a different region with nowhere to put its cat.
What if I get stuck or find a different solution?
Recheck your personal X marks before assuming the puzzle is broken. An accidental note can hide a candidate. Then revisit a recent optional placement with Undo. Reset offers a fresh board while preserving the fixed cat and your completed levels. Meowdoku puzzles may have several solutions. If every region, row, and column has one cat and no cats touch, the arrangement wins. There is no requirement to reproduce someone else’s path through the board.
Do I need to be good at Sudoku?
No numbers are involved. Meowdoku asks you to compare positions, colors, and lines. Start with the fixed cat, identify where another cat cannot go, and narrow the choices. The guided lessons teach these ideas through small playable examples.
Where did my progress go?
Your Meowdoku records stay in the browser you used. They do not automatically follow you to another device, browser, or website address. Clearing website storage can remove them, and private browsing may not retain records after the session closes.
What if saving is unavailable?
The game shows a warning when browser storage cannot be used. You can continue playing in the tab, but should not assume those records will survive a later session. Meowdoku does not offer account-based cloud synchronization.
Are these the mobile game’s level numbers?
No. This is an independent browser puzzle collection, with its own boards and numbering. A Meowdoku walkthrough from another publisher may describe a different puzzle. Learn the shared placement ideas, then use the actual regions and starting cat in front of you.