Doubled for Saturday, July 27, 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 4, 6 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with R.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A fervent, hand-waving churchgoer, then a theme-park ride with loops.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Holy Coaster
Holy roller and Roller coaster, joined on Roller.
Holy roller
A holy roller is a member of an exuberant Christian congregation, one that shouts, sways and speaks in tongues; the term is not always kind.
Roller coaster
A roller coaster is the theme-park ride of cars on a twisting, plunging track, and by extension anything with violent ups and downs.
How players did
Across 1,139 plays, 45% got the whole answer in one guess, 6% solved it without a miss, 23% got there after at least one wrong guess, 16% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 10% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on July 27, 2024, July 27, 2025 and July 27, 2026.