Can You Count The Total Circles In This Optical Illusion? No Hints

Everyone is busy scrolling through their social media feeds and watching viral videos these days. Puzzles are also a popular way to keep online communities engaged and entertained. They are a great way to pass the time because they are fun, challenging, and keep you racking your brain until the answer is staring you in the face and you finally understand it. The internet is full of all kinds of puzzles that you can spend hours on, pondering the clues and solving problems. These little brain teasers make you feel stupid when you can’t solve them, and then you get angry when someone finally tells you the obvious answer.

This riddle that surprised people was posted on the forum of X from the Daily Quiz and Riddles account. This riddle requires a simple task. You have to count the circles you see in the picture. The photo shows three large circles in the middle with text written on them: “How many circles do you see? Think about it!!!”

At first glance, you might think that the answer is three. There are three large circles in the middle of the picture. Each circle intersects the other, but the shapes created by these intersections are not circles and therefore do not count.

To solve this puzzle correctly, keen observation is required. You need to read the question again slowly and see if you missed anything. Is there a hidden clue in the question that you can’t decipher?

According to the X account, there are 14 circles hidden in the post. This is not just the obvious trio of large circles, you also have to count the hidden circles in the text. The post claims that letters like “o”, “e”, “a” and “d” are part of a group of circles. With 11 of these letter circles and three large circles, you get the magic number 14.

Some observant users did not accept this and argued about whether the word “circle” itself should be counted as a large round structure. Then some people believe that the part between “E” and “A” does not completely cut through the sphere.