Brain Puzzle 3 Level 146
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 146 is a timed hide-and-cover puzzle. The yellow banner says "Switch the woman's posture and help her hide" with a 3:00 countdown. The opening is a shopping mall: a nervous man in a blue suit and striped tie is on a phone call, sweating, while a red-haired woman in a tight red dress hangs onto his arm carrying armfuls of Prada and Cartier shopping bags. A speech bubble shows his wife — a dark-haired woman in a teal shirt — angrily asking "Honey, what time are you coming home tonight?" while he lies "I'm hosting clients tonight, I won't be home." The wife then starts following them, furious, and the goal is to keep the red-haired mistress from being spotted as they move from the park to the hotel and finally into the bedroom.
- Difficulty: Regular
- Estimated moves: 6
Step-by-Step Solution
- Read the setup. The man is cheating on his wife in the mall, and the wife has already spotted them and is now trailing behind with an anger mark on her head. A green circular "switch posture" button appears beside the wife in each scene.
- Hide in the night park. The scene cuts to a park path at night: the man and the redhead walk ahead arm-in-arm while the angry wife follows. Tap the leaf pile / rock / bench area so the red-haired woman ducks down and uses the leaf pile to conceal herself as they pass the bench. Press the green refresh button to switch her into a crouching/hidden posture, then tap OK.
- Disguise outside the hotel. The scene cuts to the street in front of "The Regency Hotel." A worker in a hi-vis vest crouches by a paint bucket, brush, traffic cone and barrier tape. Tap these construction props so the redhead blends in / switches posture behind the worker's barrier, and the wife walks past without recognizing her. Tap the green button again and OK.
- Reach the hotel room. The man and the redhead slip inside a hotel room; the man strips to the waist on the bed.
- Hide under the blanket. When the wife bursts in, tap the red-haired woman so she dives under the bed covers and pulls the blanket over herself, leaving only the man on the bed.
- The wife takes the photo anyway. The wife stands in the doorway furiously snapping a photo with her phone; the shopping bags are scattered on the floor. The red "Completed" banner drops with Home and Next buttons, confirming the hiding sequence ran its course.
Strategy & Reasoning
The level is a "help the mistress evade the wife" prop chain. The green refresh button is the core mechanic the banner names — it switches the woman's posture (standing → crouching/hidden) at each stop. There are three hide spots, one per scene: the leaf pile in the park, the construction barrier outside the hotel, and the bed blanket in the room.
The angry wife is the pressure; her red anger mark stays on screen until the redhead is concealed. In each location the visible props (leaf pile, paint bucket/cones, blanket) are the hiding places, and tapping them plus the green posture button makes the redhead duck out of sight. The joke ending is that even under the blanket, the wife has already snapped a photo, so the affair is exposed anyway.
There is no way to reason the wife away; you just move the redhead through the three hiding spots in order. The bench, lamppost, SUV and bed are set dressing. The level completes automatically once the wife has taken the photo in the hotel room.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Mistake: ignoring the green posture button. The banner explicitly says to switch her posture. If she stays standing, tap the green circular button beside her.
- Mistake: hiding in the wrong place. In the park use the leaf pile, outside the hotel use the construction props, in the room use the blanket. Tapping the man or the wife does nothing.
- Mistake: forgetting to press OK. After each hide action, tap the green OK button at the bottom to advance to the next scene.