Why does Meowdoku Level 72 keep breaking near the bottom?

Because the orange floor only becomes clean after row eight, column four, row one, column five, and row seven, column eight are already fixed. Without that chain, row nine, column six keeps touching the wrong diagonals.

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Meowdoku Level 72 Walkthrough

hard 8 colors

The fixed yellow cat on row two, column two starts Meowdoku Level 72 from the upper-left, but the board does not really open until row one, column five and row four, column seven are both placed. After that, the lower chain settles through row eight, column four, row seven, column eight, and row nine, column six.

Board Notes

Layout: This 9x9 board uses a pale-blue left wall, a cyan top band, a lime upper-middle arc, a wide pink center blanket, a dark-green right island, an orange lower floor, a purple lower-left notch, and a yellow starter square on row two, column two. The big center blanket looks like the whole puzzle, but the real structure sits on the outer ring around it.
Goal: The board only releases when the cyan top band at row one, column five and the dark-green right island at row four, column seven stop sharing the same rows with the center blanket. Until then, the pale-blue wall, purple notch, and orange floor keep stealing each other's exits.
Opening: Keep the starter cat on row two, column two, then claim the purple notch at row eight, column four before you chase the center. That lower anchor makes row one, column five and row three, column nine much safer.
Danger Zone: The right edge looks solved as soon as row three, column nine appears, but row nine, column six is still wrong until row seven, column eight has already fixed the orange floor.
Mechanics: Level 72 is an outer-ring board where the side walls and lower notch must be solved before the center blanket can collapse.

Quick Tips for Meowdoku Level 72 (spoiler-free)

On spiral boards, the isolated side wall usually resolves before the big center blanket.
With 8 colors in play, clear the pair with the fewest blockers first so the board opens up instead of tightening.
Think in chain clears. The best move is the one that sets up the next two moves, not just the quickest current match.

How to Solve Meowdoku Level 72 — Full Solution

Keep the starter cat on row two, column two.
Place the lower purple-notch cat on row eight, column four.
Add the cyan top-band cat on row one, column five.
Place the right-edge cat on row three, column nine and the dark-green island cat on row four, column seven.
Set the pale-blue wall cat on row five, column one and the lime center-left cat on row six, column three.
Finish the lower side with cats on row seven, column eight and row nine, column six.

Colors in this level:

Pale blue, Cyan, Lime, Pink, Dark green, Orange, Purple, Yellow

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Jumping straight to row nine, column six before the right side has already fixed row seven, column eight.
Skipping row eight, column four, which is the placement that separates the left wall from the center blanket.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does Meowdoku Level 72 keep breaking near the bottom?
Because the orange floor only becomes clean after row eight, column four, row one, column five, and row seven, column eight are already fixed. Without that chain, row nine, column six keeps touching the wrong diagonals.