2026-08-12 daily answer

Step-by-step reasoning

1. Region 2 has only one safe cell left: R2C4.
2. R2C4 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
3. Region 6 has only one safe cell left: R6C6.
4. R6C6 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
5. Column 5 has only one safe cell left: R4C5.
6. R4C5 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
7. A cat at R1C1 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
8. Region 1 has only one safe cell left: R1C2.
9. R1C2 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
10. Column 7 has only one safe cell left: R3C7.
11. R3C7 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
12. Region 5 has only one safe cell left: R5C1.
13. R5C1 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
14. Row 7 has only one safe cell left: R7C3.