Find the Cat #54: 6x6 Grid Puzzle (Easy)
easyTap a square: ✕ (ruled out) → 🐱 (cat) → clear
Every row, every column and every color region needs exactly one cat -- but no two cats may touch, not even diagonally. This puzzle is a 6x6 grid with 6 colored regions.
- 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: R6C1. Put a cat there.
- Wherever the cat in the Orange region ends up, it rules out R1C3 and R2C5. Cross those squares out.
- Wherever the cat in the Yellow region ends up, it rules out R4C4. Cross that square out.
- Wherever the cat in the Green region ends up, it rules out R2C3, R2C4, R3C2, R3C5, R3C6 and R4C3. Cross those squares out.
- Wherever the cat in the Orange region ends up, it rules out R1C2. Cross that square out.
- Wherever the cat in the Red region ends up, it rules out R3C3. Cross that square out.
- The Green region has only one open square left: R3C4. Put a cat there.
- Column 3 has only one open square left: R5C3. Put a cat there.
- The Red region has only one open square left: R2C2. Put a cat there.
- The Teal region has only one open square left: R4C6. Put a cat there.
- The Orange region has only one open square left: R1C5. 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 10 squares. It can be solved in 11 deduction steps using "wherever it goes" eliminations.
Look for a color that sits entirely inside one row or one column. Its cat must be in that line, so every other square in that line can be crossed out.
Stuck? Open the step-by-step solution below -- each step names the row, column or color involved, so you can use it as a hint and then finish the puzzle yourself.