Doubled for Sunday, May 12, 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 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with J.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A crested bird (and a Toronto baseball team), then crossing the street where you shouldn't.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Blue Walking
Blue jay and Jaywalking, joined on Jay.
Blue jay
A blue jay is the noisy, crested blue-and-white songbird of North America, and the mascot of Toronto's baseball team.
Jaywalking
Jaywalking is crossing a street outside a crosswalk or against the signal, a minor offence in many American cities.
How players did
Across 1,944 plays, 67% got the whole answer in one guess, 8% solved it without a miss, 12% got there after at least one wrong guess, 9% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 3% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on May 12, 2024, May 12, 2025 and May 12, 2026.