Doubled for Monday, August 26, 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 8, 3 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with G.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
What the dentist gives you, then where you fill up the car.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Laughing Station
Laughing gas and Gas station, joined on Gas.
Laughing gas
Laughing gas is nitrous oxide, the mild anaesthetic dentists use that makes patients giggly.
Gas station
A gas station is where you fill a car with fuel, a petrol station in Britain.
How players did
Across 1,984 plays, 75% got the whole answer in one guess, 16% solved it without a miss, 4% got there after at least one wrong guess, 4% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 2% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 26, 2024, August 26, 2025 and August 26, 2026.