Brain Out Level 13

Overview

A cartoon boy stands on the board with a sparse head of hair, and the prompt asks you to count the number of hairs. An input field below the character starts at 0, with Clear and OK buttons for submitting a number. At a glance the scalp shows many thin stray lines, and a hurried count lands on a much larger total, but most of those strands are a removable fake wig rather than real hair. Once you strip the fake hairs away, only a few genuine strands remain, and the accepted count is 3.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 3

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Look at the character's head and separate what you see into real strands and the loose fake hairs scattered across the scalp. The first impression of a full head of hair comes from the removable wig pieces, not from the boy's own hair.
2. Do not enter a large count based on the first glance. A hurried total that includes every thin line around the head will be rejected, because the board only counts the genuine hairs left after the wig is removed.
3. Drag or swipe the fake wig hairs off the head to clear them away. As the loose strands disappear, the real hair underneath becomes easier to distinguish one by one.
4. Count the remaining genuine strands carefully, pointing at each one as you go. The accepted total after removing the wig is 3 hairs.
5. Use the plus controls in the input field to set the number to 3, clearing any inflated value first if one was entered by mistake.
6. Tap OK to submit the count. The board accepts 3 and the level-complete panel appears. If the number is rejected, check whether some fake strands are still on the head and remove them before recounting.

The puzzle is a precision counting task with a decoy layer. The wig inflates the visible strand count on purpose, so the real work is removing that layer before measuring what is underneath.

Strategy & Reasoning

Brain Out hair-count levels reward careful observation over a fast estimate. The stray lines around the scalp look like hair at first, but they belong to a fake wig that can be pulled off, and counting them treats decoration as the subject's own hair. After the wig is gone, the few real strands are spaced out and easy to count accurately.

Entering a big number fails because it mixes wig hairs with real ones. Entering too small a number fails if you brushed away a genuine strand along with the wig. The intended order is therefore to remove the fake layer first, then count only what remains. This matches other counting boards in the game where stacked or removable objects hide the true total, and the accepted answer is much smaller than the first glance suggests.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Do not count every thin line on the head before removing the wig. Most of those strands are fake, and including them gives an inflated rejected total.
• Do not swipe so aggressively that you brush away real hairs along with the wig. Clear the loose fake pieces, then recount the strands that stay on the scalp.
• If your submitted number is rejected, check the input against the visible real strands rather than guessing a different value. The accepted count after removing the wig is 3.