Doubled for Saturday, March 30, 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 3, 4, 3, 4 and 4 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 2 words, the second is 4, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The start of the universe, then good value for money.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Big For Your Buck
Big bang and Bang for your buck, joined on Bang.
Big bang
The Big Bang is the leading scientific account of the universe's origin, the expansion from an extremely hot, dense state billions of years ago.
Bang for your buck
Bang for your buck is value for money: the more you get for what you pay, the more bang for your buck.
How players did
Across 1,865 plays, 14% got the whole answer in one guess, 3% solved it without a miss, 26% got there after at least one wrong guess, 34% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 23% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on March 30, 2024, December 28, 2024, March 30, 2025, December 28, 2025 and March 30, 2026.