2026-10-12 daily answer

Step-by-step reasoning

1. Region 3 has only one safe cell left: R3C1.
2. R3C1 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 5 has only one safe cell left: R5C7.
6. R5C7 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
7. Region 1 has only one safe cell left: R1C6.
8. R1C6 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
9. A cat at R2C4 leaves no valid completion, so exclude it.
10. Row 2 has only one safe cell left: R2C3.
11. R2C3 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
12. Region 6 has only one safe cell left: R6C4.
13. R6C4 rules out cells in its row, column, color region, and touching neighborhood.
14. Row 7 has only one safe cell left: R7C2.