Doubled for Tuesday, April 2, 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 9, 7 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 7 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Old hurts carried into new relationships, then where you collect your suitcase at the airport.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Emotional Claim
Emotional baggage and Baggage claim, joined on Baggage.
Emotional baggage
Emotional baggage is the unresolved feelings and past hurts a person carries into new relationships and situations.
Baggage claim
Baggage claim is the area of an airport where arriving passengers collect their checked luggage from the carousel.
How players did
Across 1,745 plays, 40% got the whole answer in one guess, 11% solved it without a miss, 22% got there after at least one wrong guess, 9% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 19% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 2, 2024, April 2, 2025 and April 2, 2026.