Doubled for Friday, August 23, 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 6, 4 and 10 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with R.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The number that multiplies by itself, then carrots, turnips and beets.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Square Vegetables
Square root and Root vegetables, joined on Root.
Square root
A square root is the number that, multiplied by itself, gives the number in question: three is the square root of nine.
Root vegetables
Root vegetables are the ones grown underground: carrots, potatoes, turnips, beets and parsnips.
How players did
Across 1,078 plays, 23% got the whole answer in one guess, 14% solved it without a miss, 6% got there after at least one wrong guess, 27% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 31% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 23, 2024, August 23, 2025 and August 23, 2026.