Doubled for Saturday, March 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 4, 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
A backyard rope toy, then the electorate's undecided.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Tire Voter
Tire swing and Swing voter, joined on Swing.
Tire swing
A tire swing is an old tyre hung from a tree branch by a rope, a classic backyard swing.
Swing voter
A swing voter is someone with no fixed party loyalty who might vote either way, the voter campaigns are really fighting over.
How players did
Across 1,635 plays, 13% got the whole answer in one guess, 5% solved it without a miss, 17% got there after at least one wrong guess, 31% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 33% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on March 16, 2024, March 16, 2025 and March 16, 2026.