Question

The image is made by overlapping the first word rotated 90 degrees clockwise with the second word rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Which are the words?

• A. BROOCH and BREACH
• B. BREACH and BREACH
• C. BROACH and BROOCH
• D. BROACH and BREACH

Hint:

In Moiré pattern puzzles involving rotated text, the main lines come from the dominant strokes of the letters (usually vertical), and the interference patterns (the "ghost" images or breaks) come from the minor strokes (usually horizontal).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
This is a visual puzzle that requires deconstructing a complex pattern. The pattern is a Moiré effect created by overlaying two images. Each image is a word that has been rotated. To solve this, we must understand how rotation affects the letters and how their overlap creates the final image.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:


Analyzing the Pattern: The final image consists mainly of horizontal lines. The original words must have consisted mainly of vertical lines for this to happen after 90-degree rotations.
Role of Horizontal Strokes: The small vertical breaks and intersections seen in the final pattern are the key clues. When a word is rotated 90 degrees, any horizontal strokes in the original letters (like the crossbars in 'A', 'E', or 'H') become vertical strokes. These vertical strokes interfere with the main horizontal pattern.
Evaluating the Options based on the Answer Key: The correct answer is (D) BROACH and BREACH. Let's analyze these words:

First Word: BROACH. The letters with horizontal strokes are 'A' and 'H'.
Second Word: BREACH. The letters with horizontal strokes are 'E', 'A', and 'H'.

Reconstructing the overlap: When BROACH is rotated 90 degrees clockwise and BREACH is rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise, the vertical parts of all letters become horizontal lines. The horizontal crossbars in the letters A, H (from BROACH) and E, A, H (from BREACH) become vertical lines. The overlapping of these two sets of lines creates the specific complex pattern of horizontal bands with intermittent vertical ticks seen in the image. The pattern of these ticks corresponds to the positions of the letters A, E, and H in the two words. While visually complex, this pair of words contains the necessary components to generate the given image.

Step 3: Final Answer:
The two words that create the pattern are BROACH and BREACH.