Brain Blow Level 46
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Four shapes appear on the board: a blue trapezoid at the top left, a red stepped shape, an orange star, and a green square. The prompt asks you to find the hexagon. No single shape is a hexagon at the start, but two of them combine into a six-sided outline when overlapped. Dragging the green square onto the blue trapezoid joins their edges into the hexagon, which is then tapped.
- Difficulty: Regular
- Estimated moves: 2
Step-by-Step Solution
- Inspect each standalone shape and note that none of them has six sides on its own: the trapezoid, stepped shape, star, and square all have other outlines.
- Look for two shapes whose straight edges can combine into a six-sided outline. The blue trapezoid and the green square are the pair that stacks together to form the hexagon.
- Drag the green square under or onto the blue trapezoid so their edges join into one combined silhouette. Adjust the overlap until the merged outline shows six sides.
- Tap the combined hexagon once the two shapes are assembled. The level completes when the merged six-sided figure is selected, and the red stepped shape and orange star remain decoys.
- Slide the green square against the blue trapezoid slowly until their edges share a clean boundary, and inspect the merged outer outline for six sides before tapping. If the pair leaves a gap or an extra protruding edge, adjust the overlap rather than selecting the separate shapes. The star and stepped shape cannot combine into a six-sided figure, so keep those aside once the trapezoid and square produce the hexagon silhouette.
- The combined hexagon reads as one six-sided outline once the two pieces overlap, and tapping that merged silhouette finishes the level. The separate star and stepped shape never contribute to the hexagon, so they can be ignored after the trapezoid and square are joined.
Strategy & Reasoning
Shape-combination levels hide a target polygon inside two simpler shapes that must overlap. The hexagon does not exist until the pieces are brought together, so checking each shape alone cannot reveal it. The trapezoid supplies slanted side edges, while the square fills the lower portion, and their union closes the six-sided outline.
Once the green square is positioned with the trapezoid, the shared boundary disappears inside the merged silhouette, leaving the outer hexagon outline. The star and stepped shape cannot pair into six sides, which rules them out as the source pieces. Tapping the finished combined figure, rather than either piece alone, registers the answer.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Do not tap a shape expecting it to be a hexagon by itself; the six-sided figure only appears after two shapes overlap.
- Combine the green square with the blue trapezoid, and ignore the red stepped shape and orange star as decoys.
- Adjust the overlap until the outer outline has six sides before tapping, since a partial stack may still look like separate shapes.