Doubled for Sunday, June 30, 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 4 words long, with 4, 3, 3 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with D.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Abandoned without help, then a month of no alcohol.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
High And January
High and dry and Dry january, joined on Dry.
High and dry
To be left high and dry is to be stranded without help or resources, like a boat left on the shore by the tide.
Dry january
Dry January is the custom of giving up alcohol for the first month of the year.
How players did
Across 1,336 plays, 14% got the whole answer in one guess, 6% solved it without a miss, 6% got there after at least one wrong guess, 37% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 38% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2026.