Doubled for Saturday, June 22, 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 12, 6 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with W.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
What everyone generally believes, then the molars that arrive last and often get pulled.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Conventional Teeth
Conventional wisdom and Wisdom teeth, joined on Wisdom.
Conventional wisdom
Conventional wisdom is the generally accepted belief about something, what everyone assumes to be true.
Wisdom teeth
Wisdom teeth are the third molars at the back of the mouth, the last to come through and often removed.
How players did
Across 1,595 plays, 16% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 8% got there after at least one wrong guess, 31% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 37% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on June 22, 2024, June 22, 2025 and June 22, 2026.