Doubled for Wednesday, February 14, 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 7, 5 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 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
An autumn coffee flavour, followed by a 1990s pop group.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Pumpkin Girls
Pumpkin spice and Spice girls, joined on Spice.
Pumpkin spice
Pumpkin spice is the blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves used in pumpkin pie, now the signature flavour of autumn lattes and everything else on the shelf.
Spice girls
The Spice Girls were the British girl group of the 1990s, five singers each known by a nickname, whose 'Wannabe' became a global hit.
How players did
Across 413 plays, 64% got the whole answer in one guess, 12% solved it without a miss, 10% got there after at least one wrong guess, 11% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 3% did not get it.