Find the Cat #5: 6x6 Grid Puzzle (Easy)
easyTap a square: ✕ (ruled out) → 🐱 (cat) → clear
Can you place all 6 cats? One per row, one per column, one per color -- and keep them at least one square apart in every direction.
- One cat in every row and every column.
- One cat in every color region.
- Cats can’t touch — not even diagonally.
Step-by-step solution
Squares are written as R<row>C<column>, counting from the top-left. Cross out the squares listed, and place a cat wherever a step says so.
- The Blue region has only one open square left: R1C3. Put a cat there.
- Wherever the cat in the Yellow region ends up, it rules out R3C5, R5C6 and R6C6. Cross those squares out.
- Wherever the cat in the Teal region ends up, it rules out R3C4, R4C1, R4C2, R4C6, R5C4 and R5C5. Cross those squares out.
- Wherever the cat in the Red region ends up, it rules out R6C1 and R6C2. Cross those squares out.
- Wherever the cat in the Yellow region ends up, it rules out R2C5. Cross that square out.
- The Green region has only one open square left: R2C1. Put a cat there.
- The Orange region has only one open square left: R5C2. Put a cat there.
- The Yellow region has only one open square left: R3C6. Put a cat there.
- The Teal region has only one open square left: R4C4. Put a cat there.
- The Red region has only one open square left: R6C5. Put a cat there.
About this puzzle
Where to start: the Blue region is a single square, so its cat is already decided. Its 6 color regions range from 1 square (Blue) to 8 squares. It can be solved in 10 deduction steps using "wherever it goes" eliminations.
If a row and a color both have only two open squares and share them, those two lines are locked together -- neither can use squares anywhere else.
Every puzzle on this site has exactly one solution that can be reached by pure deduction. If you find yourself guessing, look again for a region or line with only a few open squares left.