Doubled for Tuesday, May 14, 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 5, 2, 1, 4 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Perfectly easy to understand, then a crunchy capsicum in red, green or yellow.
The answer
Stuck, or want to check? Opening this reveals the whole answer.
Reveal the answer
Clear As A Pepper
Clear as a bell and Bell pepper, joined on Bell.
Clear as a bell
Clear as a bell means perfectly clear and easy to hear or understand, like a bell's ring.
Bell pepper
A bell pepper is the sweet, crunchy capsicum sold in green, red, yellow and orange.
How players did
Across 1,627 plays, 31% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 23% got there after at least one wrong guess, 25% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 14% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on May 14, 2024, May 14, 2025 and May 14, 2026.