Doubled for Saturday, August 10, 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 6 words long, with 2, 3, 5, 5, 3 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with W.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 4, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
In trouble, then something in the past best forgotten.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
In Hot Under The Bridge
In hot water and Water under the bridge, joined on Water.
In hot water
To be in hot water is to be in trouble.
Water under the bridge
Water under the bridge is something that happened in the past and is no longer worth worrying about.
How players did
Across 1,065 plays, 17% got the whole answer in one guess, 24% solved it without a miss, 23% got there after at least one wrong guess, 30% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 5% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 10, 2024, August 10, 2025 and August 10, 2026.