Brain Out Level 90

Overview

The prompt asks how many holes a pair of worn blue trousers has. The jeans are drawn front-on with two white patches worn through at the knees, two front pockets, two back pockets, two leg openings at the bottom, and the waist opening at the top. The tempting answer is to count only the visible knee rips, but the trick is that every pocket and opening in the garment also counts as a hole. The correct total is nine, and you enter it in the field below the trousers before pressing OK.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 1

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the question "How many holes does this pants have?" and resist counting just the two obvious torn patches on the knees. Those rips are only part of the total.
2. Count the holes that go all the way through the fabric: the two knee rips on the front of the legs. Because the trousers are worn through, each rip also appears on the back layer, but the standard tally for this puzzle works through the garment openings instead.
3. Add the two front pocket openings on the upper front of the pants. These are cut into the fabric even though they look like stitching details.
4. Add the two back pockets, which also count as holes through the denim.
5. Add the two leg openings at the bottom of the trousers, where each pant leg ends.
6. Add the single waist opening at the top of the waistband.
7. Combine the knee rips, pockets, leg openings, and waist hole to reach nine holes in total. Tap the Enter field, type the number 9, then press the OK button to submit.

Strategy & Reasoning

This level plays on the everyday meaning of the word "hole." Most players look only at the damaged patches and answer two or four, but the puzzle counts any opening you can pass through: pockets, leg cuffs, and the waistband all qualify. Working through the garment from top to bottom keeps you from double-counting or forgetting a pocket.

A quick visual estimate fails because the pockets are drawn with dashed stitching that makes them look like decoration rather than openings. The consistent method is to list every opening type visible on the pants, then add the damaged knee rips to that list. The sum is nine, which is the value the entry field expects. Guessing a small number from the rips alone will be rejected.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Do not answer with only the two knee rips; the pockets and leg and waist openings are part of the hole count as well.
• Count pocket openings on both the front and the back of the pants before you add the leg and waist holes.
• Enter 9 and press OK; if the level rejects a larger or smaller number, recount the pockets and openings rather than changing the total at random.