Doubled for Friday, August 2, 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 9, 7 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 7 letters and starts with V.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A bohemian Manhattan neighbourhood, then the fool of a small community.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Greenwich Idiot
Greenwich village and Village idiot, joined on Village.
Greenwich village
Greenwich Village is the Manhattan neighbourhood long associated with artists, folk music and bohemian life.
Village idiot
The village idiot is the fool of a small community, a stock figure of old jokes.
How players did
Across 1,069 plays, 12% got the whole answer in one guess, 4% solved it without a miss, 4% got there after at least one wrong guess, 58% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 22% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 2, 2024, August 2, 2025 and August 2, 2026.