Doubled for Monday, February 12, 2024
One picture, one hidden three-word chain. The first two words make a familiar phrase, the last two make another, and the middle word belongs to both. New to the game? Read how to play first.
Hints
Open them one at a time. Each one gives away a little more than the last.
Hint 1
The answer is 3 words long, with 4, 4 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with S.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The first two words describe someone famous with a guitar; the last two, together, live in a rock pool.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Rock Fish
Rock star and Starfish, joined on Star.
Rock star
A rock star is a famous rock musician, and by extension anyone who is brilliant at what they do and treated like a celebrity for it.
Starfish
A starfish is the five-armed sea creature found clinging to rocks and tide pools. Written as one word, it hides the seam between the two phrases.
How players did
Across 876 plays, 76% got the whole answer in one guess, 15% solved it without a miss, 5% got there after at least one wrong guess, 2% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 2% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on February 12, 2024, February 25, 2025 and February 25, 2026.