Doubled for Tuesday, March 19, 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 5 words long, with 5, 2, 3, 4 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The most admired woman at a dance, then a play area full of plastic balls.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Belle Of The Pit
Belle of the ball and Ball pit, joined on Ball.
Belle of the ball
The belle of the ball is the most beautiful and admired woman at a dance or party, the one everyone wants to be near.
Ball pit
A ball pit is the play-area enclosure filled with hundreds of soft plastic balls for children to wade and dive through.
How players did
Across 1,672 plays, 56% got the whole answer in one guess, 8% solved it without a miss, 20% got there after at least one wrong guess, 7% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 10% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on March 19, 2024, March 19, 2025 and March 19, 2026.