Doubled for Wednesday, February 28, 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 7 words long, with 4, 9, 4, 3, 3, 3 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 5, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A green ice-cream flavour, then a child who takes after a parent.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Mint Chocolate Off The Old Block
Mint chocolate chip and Chip off the old block, joined on Chip.
Mint chocolate chip
Mint chocolate chip is the pale green, mint-flavoured ice cream studded with chocolate pieces.
Chip off the old block
A chip off the old block is a child who closely resembles a parent in looks, character or talent, like a chip cut from the same piece of wood.
How players did
Across 1,392 plays, 55% got the whole answer in one guess, 14% solved it without a miss, 15% got there after at least one wrong guess, 7% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 9% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on February 28, 2024, February 28, 2025 and February 28, 2026.