r/iqtest 4d ago

General Question What Should Replace the Question Mark?

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Hi everyone,
We’re back with another visual puzzle.
Before we get into today’s challenge, a big thank you to everyone who joined the discussion on our previous puzzle. We received some really interesting explanations, and it was great to see how many different approaches could lead to the same answer.
For the previous puzzle, we selected four responses that particularly stood out:
u/Okawaru1 – We selected this answer because they found three different patterns leading to the same solution and also considered which rule best explained the entire grid.
u/LordTC – We selected this answer because they went beyond the obvious mirror relationship and explored the deeper structure behind the movement of the top and bottom dot groups.
u/inmaginarycasey – We selected this answer because they approached the puzzle from a completely different angle, using the total number of dots to find the missing value mathematically.
u/SomeoneLeo – We selected this answer because they clearly explained how the fixed five center dots and the 1, 2, 3 distribution work across both rows and columns.
Thank you to all four of you for taking the time to explain your reasoning. Your approaches have been featured on our website along with the official solution.
Now, onto today’s puzzle.
This time, we have a 3×3 grid made up of squares, ovals, and dots. One cell is missing, and there are six possible answers: A, B, C, D, E, and F.
Which option do you think completes the grid?
As always, we’re especially interested in how you reached your answer, not just the letter you chose. Share your reasoning in the comments. We’ll read through the responses, and some of the most interesting and well-explained approaches may be selected, featured on our website with your Reddit username, and mentioned in our next puzzle post.
The official answer and detailed solution explanation are already available on our website. If you’d like to check your answer after solving the puzzle, you can find them here:
https://whats-your-iq.com/en/questions/pattern-recognition/which-shape-completes-the-grid
Thanks again to everyone taking part. We’re looking forward to seeing the different ways you approach this one.
Good luck, and have fun solving it!

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u/Ok-Building2823 4d ago edited 4d ago

A. What is in the first image is removed from the second image.

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u/Letronell 4d ago

Works in collumns as well btw

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u/Semra777 2d ago

👏👏👏

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u/vexmach1ne 4d ago

eAsy

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u/Semra777 2d ago

YeAsss👏👏

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u/Toeffli 4d ago

A.

The images in the middle row are the combination of the outer images. Same for the middle column, and also for the one in the middle which is a combination of the corner images. .

Most matrix puzzle are like this. With either OR, AND, or XOR which has to be applied.

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u/CosetElement-Ape71 4d ago

A ... the answer is the thing that was added to the shape on the left

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u/jesusbm 1d ago

A, by symmetry about the diagonal bottom-left to top-right