Doubled for Sunday, June 23, 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 6, 6 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 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
A night of shooting stars, then what keeps the bathroom floor dry.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Meteor Curtain
Meteor shower and Shower curtain, joined on Shower.
Meteor shower
A meteor shower is the display of many shooting stars seen when Earth passes through a stream of comet debris.
Shower curtain
A shower curtain is the waterproof curtain hung around a shower to keep the water in.
How players did
Across 1,964 plays, 66% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 10% got there after at least one wrong guess, 6% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 4% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on June 23, 2024, June 23, 2025 and June 23, 2026.