Doubled for Sunday, April 21, 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 4 words long, with 6, 2, 6 and 8 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with M.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Something moving so gracefully it's like verse, then the queasy feeling on a winding road.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Poetry In Sickness
Poetry in motion and Motion sickness, joined on Motion.
Poetry in motion
Poetry in motion describes movement so graceful it is like a poem: a dancer, an athlete, a well-struck shot.
Motion sickness
Motion sickness is the nausea brought on by travel, when what your eyes see and what your inner ear feels do not agree.
How players did
Across 1,606 plays, 30% got the whole answer in one guess, 9% solved it without a miss, 23% got there after at least one wrong guess, 20% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 17% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 21, 2024, April 21, 2025 and April 21, 2026.