Doubled for Saturday, May 18, 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 5, 4 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with S.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A celebrity of the big screen, then looking up at the night sky.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Movie Gazing
Movie star and Stargazing, joined on Star.
Movie star
A movie star is a famous film actor.
Stargazing
Stargazing is looking at the stars, whether through a telescope or lying on your back in a field.
How players did
Across 1,640 plays, 37% got the whole answer in one guess, 11% solved it without a miss, 18% got there after at least one wrong guess, 14% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 20% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on May 18, 2024, May 18, 2025 and May 18, 2026.