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News Sites Roll Out New Timed Number-Illusion Puzzles as Viral Trend Endures

Fresh grids posted today challenge readers to spot reversed digits under tight countdowns.

Overview

  • Mint’s Aug. 29 challenge tasks readers with finding 28 hidden among 82s in 10 seconds, with the answer at column 11, row 2.
  • Hindustan Times runs a 15-among-51s puzzle and directs solvers to row 7, column 8 after hinting at the seventh row.
  • Both outlets explain the trick relies on digit similarity that makes the brain default to reading the more common order.
  • The posts promote these tasks as quick focus and memory boosters, offering hints and praising sharp-eyed solvers.
  • Hindustan Times also published a separate 57-grid puzzle described as AI-created, reinforcing the steady cadence of such features.