Doubled for Monday, August 12, 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, 3 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with E.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A contagious infection that turns something bloodshot, then someone or something merely nice to look at.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Pink Candy
Pink eye and Eye candy, joined on Eye.
Pink eye
Pink eye is conjunctivitis, the contagious eye infection that turns the white of the eye pink.
Eye candy
Eye candy is a person or thing that is attractive to look at but of no deeper interest.
How players did
Across 1,257 plays, 37% got the whole answer in one guess, 11% solved it without a miss, 33% got there after at least one wrong guess, 14% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 5% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 12, 2024, August 12, 2025 and August 12, 2026.