2026-10-02 daily answer

Step-by-step reasoning

1. Region 2 has only one safe cell left: R2C5.
2. R2C5 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
3. Region 3 has only one safe cell left: R3C7.
4. R3C7 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
5. Region 7 has only one safe cell left: R7C6.
6. R7C6 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
7. Region 8 has only one safe cell left: R8C2.
8. R8C2 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
9. Region 1 has only one safe cell left: R1C1.
10. R1C1 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
11. A cat at R4C4 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
12. Row 4 has only one safe cell left: R4C3.
13. R4C3 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
14. Row 5 has only one safe cell left: R5C8.
15. R5C8 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
16. Row 6 has only one safe cell left: R6C4.