Doubled for Tuesday, August 13, 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, 4 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with A.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The corrosive liquid inside a car battery, then a psychedelic experience.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Battery Trip
Battery acid and Acid trip, joined on Acid.
Battery acid
Battery acid is the corrosive sulphuric acid inside a car battery.
Acid trip
An acid trip is the psychedelic experience of taking LSD.
How players did
Across 1,168 plays, 52% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 13% got there after at least one wrong guess, 19% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 9% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 13, 2024, August 13, 2025 and August 13, 2026.