Doubled for Friday, June 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 3 words long, with 5, 5 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 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
Beyond the atmosphere, then the long key at the bottom of the keyboard.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Outer Bar
Outer space and Space bar, joined on Space.
Outer space
Outer space is the region beyond Earth's atmosphere, where the planets and stars are.
Space bar
The space bar is the long key along the bottom of a keyboard that types a space.
How players did
Across 1,467 plays, 49% got the whole answer in one guess, 15% solved it without a miss, 14% got there after at least one wrong guess, 17% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 5% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on June 21, 2024, June 21, 2025 and June 21, 2026.