Doubled for Thursday, August 22, 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 5 words long, with 3, 2, 3, 4 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with D.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A Mexican festival of marigolds and sugar skulls, then a lake so salty you float.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Day Of The Sea
Day of the dead and Dead sea, joined on Dead.
Day of the dead
The Day of the Dead is the Mexican festival honouring deceased relatives with altars, marigolds and sugar skulls.
Dead sea
The Dead Sea is the salt lake between Israel and Jordan, so dense with salt that swimmers float on the surface.
How players did
Across 1,279 plays, 64% got the whole answer in one guess, 9% solved it without a miss, 9% got there after at least one wrong guess, 12% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 6% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 22, 2024, August 22, 2025 and August 22, 2026.