Daily puzzle

2026-09-03 daily answer

Play the board, then read every forced move below.

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Time0:00
Cats0/7
Hints0

Step-by-step reasoning

  1. Region 5 has only one safe cell left: R5C2.
  2. R5C2 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
  3. A cat at R1C1 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
  4. A cat at R1C3 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
  5. A cat at R1C4 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
  6. A cat at R1C6 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
  7. A cat at R1C7 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
  8. Row 1 has only one safe cell left: R1C5.
  9. R1C5 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
  10. A cat at R2C3 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
  11. A cat at R2C7 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
  12. Row 2 has only one safe cell left: R2C1.
  13. R2C1 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
  14. A cat at R3C3 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
  15. Column 3 has only one safe cell left: R7C3.
  16. R7C3 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
  17. Row 6 has only one safe cell left: R6C7.
  18. R6C7 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
  19. Row 4 has only one safe cell left: R4C4.
  20. R4C4 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
  21. Row 3 has only one safe cell left: R3C6.