Doubled for Monday, August 19, 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 B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A cheap, dimly lit drinking spot, then a chart of rectangles.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Dive Graph
Dive bar and Bar graph, joined on Bar.
Dive bar
A dive bar is a cheap, unpretentious, usually dimly lit bar with a loyal local crowd.
Bar graph
A bar graph is the chart that compares quantities as rectangles of different heights.
How players did
Across 1,249 plays, 31% got the whole answer in one guess, 8% solved it without a miss, 32% got there after at least one wrong guess, 16% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 13% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 19, 2024, August 19, 2025 and August 19, 2026.