Doubled for Monday, April 22, 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 9, 2, 3, 2 and 5 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 3 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A tray of toast and coffee brought upstairs, then a life of ease and comfort.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Breakfast In Of Roses
Breakfast in bed and Bed of roses, joined on Bed.
Breakfast in bed
Breakfast in bed is the treat of a meal brought to you on a tray before you get up, a birthday and Mother's Day tradition.
Bed of roses
A bed of roses is a situation of ease and comfort, most often heard in the negative: 'life is no bed of roses'.
How players did
Across 2,388 plays, 59% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 19% got there after at least one wrong guess, 7% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 2% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 22, 2024, April 22, 2025 and April 22, 2026.