Doubled for Thursday, August 15, 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 4 words long, with 3, 6, 3 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
No hope at all, then a Chicago hip-hop artist known for his numbered cap.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Fat The Rapper
Fat chance and Chance the rapper, joined on Chance.
Fat chance
Fat chance is a sarcastic way of saying there is no chance at all.
Chance the rapper
Chance the Rapper is the Chicago hip-hop artist known for his mixtapes and his '3' baseball cap.
How players did
Across 1,748 plays, 39% got the whole answer in one guess, 6% solved it without a miss, 7% got there after at least one wrong guess, 32% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 16% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 15, 2024, December 23, 2024, August 15, 2025, December 23, 2025 and August 15, 2026.