Doubled for Saturday, April 6, 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 5, 3 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Missed calls traded back and forth, then a yard sale by another name.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Phone Sale
Phone tag and Tag sale, joined on Tag.
Phone tag
Phone tag is the frustrating exchange in which two people keep calling each other back and always reach voicemail.
Tag sale
A tag sale is a sale of household goods held at someone's home, the New England name for a yard sale or garage sale.
How players did
Across 1,370 plays, 29% got the whole answer in one guess, 12% solved it without a miss, 19% got there after at least one wrong guess, 20% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 20% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 6, 2024, April 6, 2025 and April 6, 2026.