Doubled for Friday, March 8, 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, 4 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with F.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A chewy red candy, then a breaded freezer-aisle dinner.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Swedish Sticks
Swedish fish and Fish sticks, joined on Fish.
Swedish fish
Swedish Fish are the chewy, fish-shaped red candies, originally made in Sweden and hugely popular in North America.
Fish sticks
Fish sticks (fish fingers in Britain) are strips of white fish coated in breadcrumbs and frozen, a childhood dinner staple.
How players did
Across 1,482 plays, 36% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 16% got there after at least one wrong guess, 10% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 25% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on March 8, 2024, March 8, 2025 and March 8, 2026.