Doubled for Tuesday, August 6, 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 7, 7 and 6 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
Where the athletes stay during the Games, then a disco group in costumes.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Olympic People
Olympic village and Village people, joined on Village.
Olympic village
The Olympic Village is the accommodation complex built to house athletes during the Olympic Games.
Village people
The Village People are the disco group in costumes (cowboy, cop, construction worker and the rest) behind 'Y.M.C.A.'
How players did
Across 1,594 plays, 59% got the whole answer in one guess, 14% solved it without a miss, 5% got there after at least one wrong guess, 13% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 8% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 6, 2024, August 6, 2025 and August 6, 2026.