My Method for Solving
Instead of letting my eyes dart all over the grid (which just made it look like a blurry mess of letters), I used a strategy:

Row by row scanning – I treated each line as its own mini puzzle.

Look for two humps – An “n” has one, but an “m” has two. Once you lock onto that difference, the impostors become clearer.

Check the edges – It’s easy to skip over the first and last letters in each row, and that’s exactly where sneaky ones like to hide.

After taking my time, I spotted 8 “m”s in the grid. Success! Or so I thought…

But Then I Noticed Something Else…
The puzzle’s title itself says: “How Many ‘m’?”
And if you think about it, shouldn’t we count those too?

There’s 1 “m” in the word many.

There’s another “m” sitting inside the parentheses (m).

That means the title itself hides 2 extra “m”s.

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The Two Answers
So depending on how you play it, you can give two answers—and both are technically correct:

If you only count the grid: 8 “m”s

If you count the grid + the title: 10 “m”s

The Fun of It

What I love about puzzles like this is how they spark different reactions. Some people stop at the first number they see and shout, “I’ve got it—8!” Others keep thinking, double-check, and realize, “Wait, the title counts too. It’s 10!”

Neither group is wrong. One answer shows sharp observation, while the other shows thinking outside the box. Both are valuable skills.

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