Doubled for Sunday, July 28, 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 5 words long, with 1, 5, 2, 4 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with P.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Serious trouble ahead, then what you take for a headache.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
A World Of Killers
A world of pain and Painkillers, joined on Pain.
A world of pain
A world of pain is severe trouble or suffering, usually threatened: 'you're going to be in a world of pain'.
Painkillers
Painkillers are medicines taken to relieve pain, from aspirin to prescription opioids.
How players did
Across 1,131 plays, 18% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 19% got there after at least one wrong guess, 39% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 11% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on July 28, 2024, July 28, 2025 and July 28, 2026.