Brain Blow Level 3

Overview

Six red apples are arranged across the board, and the prompt asks you to find the apple that is different. At first every apple looks identical, which suggests one of them is hidden or altered rather than plainly visible. The board lets you drag the apples aside, so the odd apple is concealed behind another one rather than displayed in the open. The difference is a bite mark rather than a recolor, which is why a quick glance misses it. The level is solved by rearranging the fruit, not by picking the reddest or largest apple on the surface.

• Difficulty: Easy
• Estimated moves: 3

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Scan the row of apples and notice that none of the visible ones shows an obvious mark from the starting position. The identical color and round shape are the first layer of the trick, so tapping around the visible fruit will not expose the answer.

1. Press and drag one apple to the side to move it out of place, revealing whatever was covered behind it. Move it far enough that the space underneath becomes visible instead of sliding it only slightly, and keep the moved apple where you can still see it.

1. Keep shifting apples aside one after another until you uncover the apple with a bite taken out of its side. This bitten apple is the one that differs from the whole red apples on display, and its pale exposed flesh stands out once the layer above it lifts.

1. Tap the bitten apple to select it and finish the level once it is exposed. Do not tap a whole covering apple again; the target is the one revealed underneath, not the one you moved away to uncover it.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle relies on occlusion: the altered apple is not drawn on top of the pile but hidden underneath, so a static scan of the visible surfaces will never find it. Dragging objects apart is the standard way these riddle levels expose a concealed item, and the loose arrangement of the apples gives you room to slide them around without leaving the board.

A bitten apple is the natural odd item among whole fruit: the others share the same round, unbroken red shape, while the bitten one has a missing wedge and pale flesh. Once the covering apple moves, that missing shape makes the choice obvious, and there is no color swap or rotation trick involved. The hidden apple keeps the same red skin, so the telltale sign is the wound edge rather than a changed hue.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Do not tap apples randomly hoping one reacts; the difference only appears after you move the covering apple away, and random taps on whole fruit will not advance the level.
• Move apples gently sideways rather than flicking them off the board, so you can inspect the space each one uncovered and avoid losing track of where you have searched.
• Look for a pale flesh-colored edge or a missing wedge rather than a shade change; the odd apple differs by shape, not by color, so scanning for a different red will not help.