Doubled for Wednesday, August 21, 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 5, 2, 5 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Rough practical guidelines, then little USB sticks.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Rules Of Drives
Rules of thumb and Thumb drives, joined on Thumb.
Rules of thumb
Rules of thumb are rough, practical guidelines based on experience rather than exact measurement.
Thumb drives
Thumb drives are small USB flash-memory sticks.
How players did
Across 1,023 plays, 14% got the whole answer in one guess, 6% solved it without a miss, 15% got there after at least one wrong guess, 47% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 19% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 21, 2024, August 21, 2025 and August 21, 2026.