Dog Search

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About

Dog Search is an image that was posted on /r/pics on 17th December, 2016. The image depicts a wordsearch puzzle in which the solver must find the word 'dog' in a seemingly easy grid of letters.

Origin

On 17th December, 2016, Redditor 'JIVANDABEAST' uploaded the wordsearch on /r/pics with the name 'Hardest Word Search I've Ever Seen'. The image has received over 3,700 upvotes and 200 comments.

Spread

Dog Search quickly gained popularity and went viral after British newspapers 'The Sun' and 'Express' uploaded articles online about how the wordsearch was baffling and 'seriously messing with the heads' of Reddit users and web surfers. Once the answer was revealed to Redditors, many of them were kicking themselves, with one writing: "Damn, I could not find it and now you've pointed it out, it seems so obvious.".