The article claims the word scrambles are "tricky" but I think most of them are just poorly constructed - the first one with "WOMAN" and "TIGER" seems like it would be obvious to anyone who's ever seen those words before. Why don't they actually make some of these harder to solve, instead of just using common, short words that are easy to unscramble?
I actually disagree with your take on the WOMAN/TIGER one - that one specifically stumped me for like 30 seconds because I kept trying to make "WOMAN" out of "TIGER" letters, when it's really about rearranging "WOMAN" and "TIGER" to spell "TIGER WOMAN" - the article was clever about that setup but it's a bit of a trap that makes you overthink it.
The WOMAN/TIGER one is actually frustrating because it's not about recognizing the words but about figuring out how they're supposed to be rearranged - the scrambling isn't even consistent with the instructions, so you're just guessing at what they want you to do with the letters instead of actually solving anything meaningful.
The article claims the word scrambles are "tricky" but I think most of them are just poorly constructed - the first one with "WOMAN" and "TIGER" seems like it would be obvious to anyone who's ever seen those words before. Why don't they actually make some of these harder to solve, instead of just using common, short words that are easy to unscramble?
I actually disagree with your take on the WOMAN/TIGER one - that one specifically stumped me for like 30 seconds because I kept trying to make "WOMAN" out of "TIGER" letters, when it's really about rearranging "WOMAN" and "TIGER" to spell "TIGER WOMAN" - the article was clever about that setup but it's a bit of a trap that makes you overthink it.
The WOMAN/TIGER one is actually frustrating because it's not about recognizing the words but about figuring out how they're supposed to be rearranged - the scrambling isn't even consistent with the instructions, so you're just guessing at what they want you to do with the letters instead of actually solving anything meaningful.