MeowBlock! level guide
MeowBlock! Level 38 Walkthrough
Solve the Hard 12x10 MeowBlock! Level 38 by resolving the upper chamber, preserving the long side walls, and inferring the bottom ? region as a nine-cell strip.
How to Solve MeowBlock! Level 38 — Full Solution
- Anchor r1c2=2 and drag to r1c1, committing r1c1:r1c2 as a 1x2 rectangle with area 2.
- Anchor r3c2=12 and drag to r3c1, committing r3c1:r4c6 as a 2x6 rectangle with area 12.
- Anchor r2c3=4 and drag to r2c1, committing r2c1:r2c4 as a 1x4 rectangle with area 4.
- Anchor r1c5=5 and drag to r1c3, committing r1c3:r1c7 as a 1x5 rectangle with area 5.
- Anchor r1c9=3 and drag to r1c8, committing r1c8:r1c10 as a 1x3 rectangle with area 3.
- Anchor r2c6=2 and drag to r2c5, committing r2c5:r2c6 as a 1x2 rectangle with area 2.
- Anchor r3c8=6 and drag to r2c7, committing r2c7:r4c8 as a 3x2 rectangle with area 6.
- Anchor r3c9=3 and drag to r2c9, committing r2c9:r4c9 as a 3x1 rectangle with area 3.
- Anchor r4c10=5 and drag to r2c10, committing r2c10:r6c10 as a 5x1 rectangle with area 5.
- Anchor r5c5=7 and drag to r5c2, committing r5c2:r5c8 as a 1x7 rectangle with area 7.
- Anchor r7c1=7 and drag to r5c1, committing r5c1:r11c1 as a 7x1 rectangle with area 7.
- Anchor r7c2=3 and drag to r6c2, committing r6c2:r8c2 as a 3x1 rectangle with area 3.
- Anchor r7c4=9 and drag to r6c3, committing r6c3:r8c5 as a 3x3 rectangle with area 9.
- Anchor r8c7=10 and drag to r6c6, committing r6c6:r10c7 as a 5x2 rectangle with area 10.
- Anchor r8c8=5 and drag to r6c8, committing r6c8:r10c8 as a 5x1 rectangle with area 5.
- Anchor r9c5=2 and drag to r9c5, committing r9c5:r10c5 as a 2x1 rectangle with area 2.
- Anchor r9c9=7 and drag to r5c9, committing r5c9:r11c9 as a 7x1 rectangle with area 7.
- Anchor r10c3=6 and drag to r9c2, committing r9c2:r10c4 as a 2x3 rectangle with area 6.
- Anchor r10c10=6 and drag to r7c10, committing r7c10:r12c10 as a 6x1 rectangle with area 6.
- Anchor r11c5=7 and drag to r11c2, committing r11c2:r11c8 as a 1x7 rectangle with area 7.
- Finish with the unknown r12c5=? by dragging across r12c1:r12c9, inferring area 9 from the remaining cells.
Colors in this level:
Mint, Orange, Yellow, Indigo, Red, Cyan, Green, Pink, Lavender, Purple, Lime, Blue
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Do not interpret the white ringed 3 at r12c5 as the clue value; it is a touch bubble and the actual clue is ?.
- Do not use a three-cell bottom rectangle for the unknown clue; the correct r12c1:r12c9 region has area 9.
- Do not shift r8c7=10 to r6c5:r10c6; that area-10 rectangle captures r9c5=2.
Quick Tips for MeowBlock! Level 38 (spoiler-free)
- Keep r3c1:r4c6 area 12 and r5c2:r5c8 area 7 as the upper and middle anchors.
- Preserve the c1 and c9/c10 side walls before solving the lower 9/10/6 cluster.
- Read the bottom ? as the nine-cell remainder r12c1:r12c9, never as the transient displayed 3.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Hard 12-row by 10-column board with 120 cells. Fixed clues: r1c2=2, r1c5=5, r1c9=3, r2c3=4, r2c6=2, r3c2=12, r3c8=6, r3c9=3, r4c10=5, r5c5=7, r7c1=7, r7c2=3, r7c4=9, r8c7=10, r8c8=5, r9c5=2, r9c9=7, r10c3=6, r10c10=6, r11c5=7, and r12c5=?; the ringed 3 near the last clue is a white touch bubble, not a fixed 3.
- Goal
- Partition all 120 cells into twenty-one rectangles: r1c1:r1c2 for area 2, r1c3:r1c7 for area 5, r1c8:r1c10 for area 3, r2c1:r2c4 for area 4, r2c5:r2c6 for area 2, r3c1:r4c6 for area 12, r2c7:r4c8 for area 6, r2c9:r4c9 for area 3, r2c10:r6c10 for area 5, r5c2:r5c8 for area 7, r5c1:r11c1 for area 7, r6c2:r8c2 for area 3, r6c3:r8c5 for area 9, r6c6:r10c7 for area 10, r6c8:r10c8 for area 5, r9c5:r10c5 for area 2, r5c9:r11c9 for area 7, r9c2:r10c4 for area 6, r7c10:r12c10 for area 6, r11c2:r11c8 for area 7, and r12c1:r12c9 for the unknown area 9.
- Opening
- The persistent route resolves the upper-left 2/12/4 cluster first, then the top 5/3 pair and upper-right 2/6/3/5 regions. The row-5 area-7 bar and two side walls come next; the lower 9/10/6/7 regions leave the unknown bottom row for last.
- Danger Zone
- The ringed 3 at r12c5 is not an integer clue. Treating it as area 3 leaves six bottom cells stranded; the final ? region is r12c1:r12c9, area 9. In the middle, reject the shifted r6c5:r10c6 area-10 preview because it captures r9c5=2; use r6c6:r10c7.
- Mechanics
- Level 38 is explicitly marked Hard and is the target range's only board with a real ? clue. The video also shows white touch bubbles beside dragged rectangles, so the persistent colored bounds are the source of truth.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the ringed 3 at r12c5 mean?
It is a transient white drag/touch number, not a fixed clue. The opening cell is r12c5=? and its final region is inferred as area 9.
What is the final shape of the ? region?
It is the bottom-row span r12c1:r12c9, covering nine cells after the other twenty rectangles are fixed.
How many rectangles solve Level 38?
Twenty-one rectangles cover all 120 cells in the persistent Hard-level partition.