Doubled for Tuesday, May 21, 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 4 words long, with 7, 2, 5 and 7 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 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Nations keeping each other in check, then colour-coded teenage superheroes.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Balance Of Rangers
Balance of power and Power rangers, joined on Power.
Balance of power
The balance of power is the distribution of strength among nations or parties such that no one of them can dominate the rest.
Power rangers
The Power Rangers are the colour-coded teenage superheroes of the long-running children's television series, who combine their machines into a giant robot.
How players did
Across 2,801 plays, 44% got the whole answer in one guess, 20% solved it without a miss, 16% got there after at least one wrong guess, 14% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 6% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on May 21, 2024, May 21, 2025 and May 21, 2026.