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Brain teasers like this one continue to go viral because they play into our natural curiosity and love for problem-solving.

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Words can seem simple - until the letters get all scrambled. It’s a lot harder to recognize them when they’re out of order. In this quiz, you’ll get 27 scrambled words. All you have to do is figure ...

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Mr. Koppy is one of those constructors with a knack for noticing one perfect little nugget of wordplay and expanding it into a whole production, with special effects and star power. Even if you “get ...

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A record number of players were knocked out of Saturday night's episode of The 1% Club by a particularly tricky question. The popular ITV logic-based gameshow sees players and viewers alike ...

From age-related puzzles to tricky optical illusions and mind-bending ... So, why do maths brain teasers attract so much attention online? The answer is simple: they’re short, engaging, and ...

with users trying to decode a tricky 3x4 number grid puzzle. A new brain teaser shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Vincent DX has been making its rounds online, and it’s causing some serious head ...