Doubled for Tuesday, August 20, 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 3, 6 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 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
Two MCs trading insults in verse, then a heavily armed naval vessel (or a pegboard game).
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Rap Ship
Rap battle and Battleship, joined on Battle.
Rap battle
A rap battle is a contest in which two rappers trade improvised verses, each insulting the other.
Battleship
A battleship is a large, heavily armoured warship, and the guessing game of grids and pegs named after it.
How players did
Across 1,431 plays, 72% got the whole answer in one guess, 8% solved it without a miss, 4% got there after at least one wrong guess, 11% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 4% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 20, 2024, August 20, 2025 and August 20, 2026.