Doubled for Saturday, June 1, 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, 3 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 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
The boy who wouldn't grow up, then an orientation not limited by gender.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Peter Sexual
Peter pan and Pansexual, joined on Pan.
Peter pan
Peter Pan is the boy who never grows up, from J. M. Barrie's play and the Disney film, who flies with Tinker Bell to Neverland.
Pansexual
Pansexual describes someone attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender.
How players did
Across 1,837 plays, 49% got the whole answer in one guess, 10% solved it without a miss, 13% got there after at least one wrong guess, 9% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 20% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on June 1, 2024, June 1, 2025 and June 1, 2026.