2026-08-30 daily answer

Step-by-step reasoning

1. Region 5 has only one safe cell left: R5C7.
2. R5C7 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
3. Region 4 has only one safe cell left: R4C5.
4. R4C5 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
5. Region 1 has only one safe cell left: R1C6.
6. R1C6 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
7. Region 6 has only one safe cell left: R6C1.
8. R6C1 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
9. A cat at R2C2 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
10. Column 2 has only one safe cell left: R3C2.
11. R3C2 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
12. Row 2 has only one safe cell left: R2C4.
13. R2C4 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
14. Row 7 has only one safe cell left: R7C3.