Brain Find Level 17

Overview

This level, titled "Greatest finding!", shows a 4-by-4 grid of untouched dirt squares, with a shovel and an orange number "6" below it. The bottom preview shows the target: a dinosaur skeleton (a T-rex fossil). The number 6 is not decoration — it is the number of digs you are allowed to make. The core mechanic is limited excavation: you have only six shovelfuls to uncover the buried fossil before you run out. The overall approach is to dig the correct dirt squares — those hiding the bones — and expose the full T-rex skeleton without wasting your six digs on empty ground.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 6

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Look at the 4x4 grid of dirt squares. Below it you have a shovel and a counter showing the number 6, meaning you can dig six times. The preview at the bottom shows a T-rex skeleton you need to unearth.

1. Do not dig randomly all over the grid. Each dig lowers the counter, and if you waste digs on empty squares you may run out before the skeleton is fully exposed.

1. Start digging the squares in the upper-central cluster of the grid (roughly the middle two columns, top three rows). Tap a dirt square to dig it up; if it contains bones, the fossil piece is revealed.

1. Continue digging the adjacent squares that continue the skeleton. Each successful dig exposes more of the T-rex — the skull, the rib cage, the spine, and finally the tail. The counter ticks down from 6 as you dig.

1. Once the entire T-rex skeleton is uncovered across the dug-up squares, the level completes. A "Good" banner appears with the message "Many things will be different if you change your mind," and the dinosaur skeleton is shown enlarged in the center circle.

Strategy & Reasoning

This level is a limited-try excavation puzzle. The number 6 tells you the skeleton spans about six squares, so you cannot dig all sixteen tiles — you must choose well. The designer expects players to hesitate and guess, but the fossil occupies a contiguous block in the upper-middle of the grid, so digging the central cluster is the efficient path.

The success message "Many things will be different if you change your mind" is a hint that you should not assume the fossil is spread everywhere; instead, focus on the central region where bones cluster. Once you dig the first bone, the shape of the skeleton guides you to the next adjacent square, so the rest follows naturally.

Digging a square that turns out empty wastes one of your six digs, which is why random tapping fails. The solution is to dig deliberately, square by square, following the bones as they appear. After roughly six digs, the whole T-rex skeleton is exposed and the level completes.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Common mistake: digging randomly all over the 4x4 grid. You only have six digs, so blind tapping wastes them; dig the central cluster where the skeleton lies.
• Common mistake: ignoring the number 6. It counts your remaining digs, so each tap on a dirt square costs one — choose carefully.
• Common mistake: stopping after only one or two digs. The skeleton is spread across several adjacent squares; keep digging the connected squares until the full T-rex is exposed.