Word Puzzle: You Have 140+ IQ if You Can Find the Hidden Word In 9 Seconds!

Oct 5, 2025, 13:03 IST

Test your intelligence and attention to detail! Only those with 140+ IQ can find the hidden word in this word puzzle in 9 seconds. Are you one of them?

Find the hidden word in 9 seconds
Find the hidden word in 9 seconds

Word puzzles are seemingly simple puzzles that consist of random letters arranged in a grid.

These puzzles have become one of the most popular online puzzle challenges in recent times. 

The goal of a word puzzle is to engage the reader’s brain and eyes to find hidden words in the grid. 

These words can be present in any of the following combinations: horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, in a straight or reverse order.

Solving word puzzles is one of the best ways to enhance an individual's vocabulary, concentration, and pattern recognition skills. 

Additionally, these puzzle serves as an excellent exercise for both the eyes and the brain, helping to keep both sharp.

Are you highly intelligent?

Let’s find out!

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Tips to Solve Word Puzzles

Word puzzles are popular because they offer a unique blend of challenge and reward. Despite living in an era dominated by reels and short news content, these puzzles have maintained their charm among the netizens.

Here are some tips that will help you solve the word puzzle challenges easily.

1. Try to identify the word from the hint provided in the article.

2. Look for commonly repeated letters such as A, E, I, O, U, etc.

3. Try to identify the arrangement of words by scanning the word grid carefully. The ways in which the word can be arranged are mentioned at the start of the article.

Now, let’s see how sharp your eyes are.

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Word Puzzle: Find Hidden Word

The image shared at the start of the article shows a 7x7 letter grid filled with a set of random letters.

What appears to be a random grid of letters contains some hidden words.

Your challenge is to find one hidden word in the grid.

The hint for the hidden word is provided below.

Here you go!

HINT: The hidden word is a five-letter word that means the state or process of decomposition.

Can you find the word in 9 seconds?

Let’s find out now!

Solving word puzzles is an excellent way to enhance your focus and expand your vocabulary.

The hidden word can be present in the letter grid in any format, e.g., top to bottom, sideways, up and down, forward and backwards, and diagonally.

The placement of letters makes it difficult to identify the hidden word at first glance.

Have you spotted the hidden word in the letter grid?

Look attentively; the word can be presented in any of the above-mentioned sequences in the word puzzle.

Hurry up; time is running out.

And…

Time’s up.

Were you able to spot the hidden word?

Congratulations to you if you are among the readers who have spotted the word in 9  seconds. 

You have a brilliant brain and equally sharp eyes.

Some of you might still be looking for the hidden word.

Stop looking.

The solution is provided below. 

Take a look now!

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Word Puzzle: Solution

The hidden word is “DECAY”. It can be spotted at the bottom of the second column and extending diagonally across till the sixth column.

Find word solution

Did you love solving this word puzzle?

If you did, then share it with a friend or coworker and see who has better brains and eyes.

Before you leave, test your intelligence with some other exciting puzzle challenges below.

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Mriganka Chakraborty is a content writer with 7 years of rich experience in creative, academic, and research-based writing. Mriganka's expertise lies in crafting innovative, engaging and compelling articles that effectively communicate the desired message to the target audience. At Jagranjosh, he is involved in English content creation for the General Knowledge category. In his spare time, he loves reading fiction, watching action movies and web series.

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