Doubled for Monday, April 8, 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, 3 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 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
Stacked sleeping for siblings, then the biting reason to check a hotel mattress.
The answer
Stuck, or want to check? Opening this reveals the whole answer.
Reveal the answer
Bunk Bugs
Bunk bed and Bed bugs, joined on Bed.
Bunk bed
A bunk bed is two beds stacked one above the other on a frame, the standard fix for siblings sharing a room.
Bed bugs
Bed bugs are the tiny biting insects that live in mattresses and bedding and come out at night to feed.
How players did
Across 1,986 plays, 55% got the whole answer in one guess, 10% solved it without a miss, 25% got there after at least one wrong guess, 4% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 5% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 8, 2024, April 8, 2025 and April 8, 2026.