Doubled for Monday, July 1, 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, 3 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Restaurant leftovers to take home, then the droning instrument of a Scottish parade.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Doggie Pipes
Doggie bag and Bagpipes, joined on Bag.
Doggie bag
A doggie bag is the container of leftovers a restaurant packs up for you to take home, nominally for the dog.
Bagpipes
Bagpipes are the wind instrument of a bag squeezed under the arm and drone pipes, most associated with Scotland.
How players did
Across 1,453 plays, 26% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 24% got there after at least one wrong guess, 24% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 12% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on July 1, 2024, July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026.