Doubled for Wednesday, May 15, 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 2, 5 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with P.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A mood disorder, then an Arctic predator.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Bi Bear
Bipolar and Polar bear, joined on Polar.
Bipolar
Bipolar disorder is the mental illness marked by swings between depressive lows and manic highs.
Polar bear
The polar bear is the white Arctic bear that hunts seals from the sea ice.
How players did
Across 3,218 plays, 72% got the whole answer in one guess, 12% solved it without a miss, 7% got there after at least one wrong guess, 6% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 2% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on May 15, 2024, May 15, 2025 and May 15, 2026.