Doubled for Tuesday, June 4, 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 7, 6 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with F.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Two parents and their children, then a euphemism for a man's most sensitive parts.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Nuclear Jewels
Nuclear family and Family jewels, joined on Family.
Nuclear family
The nuclear family is the household unit of two parents and their children, as opposed to the wider extended family.
Family jewels
The family jewels is a jokey euphemism for a man's testicles.
How players did
Across 1,618 plays, 19% got the whole answer in one guess, 12% solved it without a miss, 14% got there after at least one wrong guess, 30% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 25% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on June 4, 2024, June 4, 2025 and June 4, 2026.