You are a complete genius if you can crack this word brainteaser in under 12 seconds

Word puzzles can be extremely confusing and require you to examine each letter thoroughly - below we have shared a rebus puzzle so you can test how smart you are

This brainteaser might leave your head spinning - but if you can decode the word within 12 seconds then you are officially a genius.

The confusing puzzle is the ultimate test and asks participants to figure out the word or phrase. To do so, participants need to look at the puzzle and decipher the image. The illusion is based on a common phrase. For help, you need to examine the whole photograph including the line between the words and letters. This will help you solve it in a speedy amount of time. Although brain teasers can be difficult, it's a great way to improve your memory and language skills.

According to Readers Digest, rebus puzzles can boost your critical thinking skills. The website said: "Brain benefits: Rebus puzzles challenge both the left and right areas of your brain by combining language skills with critical thinking and logic skills, plus a dash of creativity. That’s why they’re so much fun (and so tricky) to solve."

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Marcel Danesi, PhD, a professor of semiotics and anthropology at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, explained why puzzles help stimulate the brain. “Puzzles that deal with the faculty of language—like riddles and acrostics—are likely to stimulate the language areas of the brain,” Danesi said. “Those that deal with some aspect of logical thinking—such as placing symbols in a particular way in a grid—are likely to stimulate logic-processing areas.”

Speaking about the benefits, he added: “Memory also comes into play, especially in word-based and math-based puzzles." Danesi further explained why word puzzles are so enjoyable. “Puzzles are small-scale versions of this ‘quest for understanding,’ even though there is nothing new at the end of the hunt when a solution is uncovered,” he explained. “It is the hunt itself that is likely to stimulate various areas of the brain that involve discovery and a sense of satisfaction at once.”