Doubled for Friday, February 16, 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 5, 4 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with P.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Rough-and-tumble fooling around, then the place with swings and slides.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Horse Ground
Horse play and Playground, joined on Play.
Horse play
Horseplay is rowdy, physical messing about, the kind that gets a 'no horseplay!' from a lifeguard or a teacher.
Playground
A playground is the outdoor area of swings, slides and climbing frames where children play, at a park or a school.
How players did
Across 261 plays, 70% got the whole answer in one guess, 16% solved it without a miss, 10% got there after at least one wrong guess, 4% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 0% did not get it.