🎯 Brain Test guide

Brain Test Tricks: 10 Ways the Levels Fool You

Updated September 23, 2026 · From game version 2.771.0

Brain Test has hundreds of levels, but they reuse a small set of tricks. Once you know them, you'll spot most solutions before you need a hint. Each trick below links to a level that uses it.

  1. The question is part of the puzzle. Words in the question can be tapped, dragged or edited. "Feed the cat" (level 8): the word "cat" counts as a cat too. "Press the button 1 times" (level 73): you can change the number in the question.
  2. Take it literally. "Which one is longest?" (level 11) means the longest word, not the longest thing. "How many months have 28 days?" (level 18): all of them.
  3. The classic trick question. If you overtake the racer in 2nd place (level 6), you are now 2nd, not 1st.
  4. Something is hiding behind something. Move objects out of the way. There are more pizza slices under the ones you can see (level 5).
  5. The rest of the screen is in play too. The level number, the question text and other screen elements can be dragged. In level 82 you drag a number from the level title into the equation.
  6. Combine things. Need green but only have blue and yellow? Mix them (level 9).
  7. Zoom. Pinch to make things bigger or smaller, like shrinking a bus to fit under a bridge (level 55).
  8. Use the phone. Shake it (level 27, level 46), rotate it (level 126) or turn it upside down (level 448).
  9. Use two fingers. Some actions need two touches at once (level 276).
  10. Sometimes it's just simple. To put an elephant in the fridge (level 3), open the fridge first. Not every level is a trick; some trick you by being straightforward.

A routine for any stuck level

  1. Re-read the question and underline every word in your head. Which one could be taken literally?
  2. Tap the question words and drag the level number.
  3. Try to drag every object, then pinch on the biggest ones.
  4. Shake and rotate the phone.
  5. Only then open the hint. If the hint isn't enough, reveal the answer.