You are working on a crossword puzzle. Even though you know the answer to a question, you cannot remember the actual word, and other related words ideas, but you cannot remember the word itself. You are experiencing:

A) the tip-of-the tongue phenomenon

B) Absentmindedness

C) interference

D) suggestibility

the correct answer is A. the tip of the tongue phenomenon

Explanation:

You are working on a crossword puzzle. Even though you know the answer to a question, you cannot remember the actual word, and other related words ideas, but you cannot remember the word itself. You are experiencing the tip of the tongue phenomenon

Tip of the tongue also known as TOT is the phenomenon of failing to retrieve a word or term from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent. The phenomenon's name comes from the saying, "It's on the tip of my tongue."