Doubled for Wednesday, August 28, 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, 5 and 10 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with P.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A plunger coffee maker, then a room of reporters and microphones.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
French Conference
French press and Press conference, joined on Press.
French press
A French press is the coffee maker in which grounds steep in hot water before a plunger pushes them to the bottom.
Press conference
A press conference is a staged meeting at which someone answers questions from reporters, or reads a statement and takes a few.
How players did
Across 1,340 plays, 60% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 18% got there after at least one wrong guess, 10% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 5% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 28, 2024, August 28, 2025 and August 28, 2026.